Amman vs Brookhaven - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Brookhaven
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$2921
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$5483
🏠 One person rent	$392	$1834
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$1705
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$4363
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	65	65
😀 Quality of life	73	72
🏙️ Population	4.01M	486K

The cost of living in Amman is 65% less expensive than in Brookhaven. Cities ranked 5560th and 276th ($1013 vs $2921) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 221st in Jordan and the United States, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.5 months in Brookhaven. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Brookhaven ranked 1103rd in the United States, while ranked 2560th and 3052nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Brookhaven

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	Amman	Brookhaven
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.07	$24.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$99.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$2314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$1523
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$4097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$68.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$5885
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$3551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$4.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$5.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$5.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$18.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$10.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$5.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$53
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$144
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$66.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$2249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$23283

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$546
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$740
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1122
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1821
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$724
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$895
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2207
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$910
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1909
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2154
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2274
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1062
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2260
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2346
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1870
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1946
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1981
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$3089
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2066
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2449

Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2779
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2686
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2401
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2713
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2144
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3722
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2280
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3059
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2732
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2642
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2718
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2606
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2554
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2302
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2564
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2698
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3460
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3644
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$3032
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2294
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2647
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2387
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2670
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2711
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2971
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2690
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2650
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2127
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2492
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2697
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2816
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2600
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2684
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3020
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3312
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3510
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2809
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2385
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2803