Amman vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$4896
🏠 One person rent	$398	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$2149
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$3956
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	64	66
😀 Quality of life	71	98
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.71M

The cost of living in Amman is 51% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 5492nd and 1813th ($1009 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Jordan and Australia, respectively. Check Jordan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 3561st and 9th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Brisbane

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	Amman	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$1514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$1022
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$1816
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$8291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$6020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$8.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$3.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$1795
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$11423

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$548
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$748
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1072
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$915
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1732
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$987
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$718
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$837
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2108
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$807
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1817
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1998
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2153
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1021
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2142
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2347
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1808
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1855
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1850
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2937
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1947
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2303

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736