Amman vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2004
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$4769
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1189
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$1948
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$479
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$177
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$3056
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	95
😀 Quality of life	69	93
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.14M

The cost of living in Amman is 51% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 5457th and 1780th ($981 vs $2004) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 54th in Jordan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.5 months in Birmingham. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Birmingham ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3121st and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Birmingham

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	Amman	Birmingham
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.28	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$8.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$5.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$2219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$4896
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$3766
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$75.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$3.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$8.15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$7.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$18.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$86.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$95.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$1501
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$18689

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$602
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$625
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1011
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$849
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1583
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$964
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$735
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$737
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1850
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$760
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1660
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1752
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1873
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$802
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1900
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2068
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1427
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1678
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1689
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2149
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1701
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2113

Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1809
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1765
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1751
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1817
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1680
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1733
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1723
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1716
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1664
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1687
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1713
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1586
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1683
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1727
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2320
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1497
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1711
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$1969
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1831
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1688
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1603
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1751
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1472
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1588
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1797
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1654
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1761
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1737
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1674
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1784
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1785
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1675
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1653
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1815
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1966
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1673