Amman vs Brookhaven - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Brookhaven
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$2924
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$5450
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1858
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$1725
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$745
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4443
😷 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 5330th and 281st ($1032 vs $2924) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 230th 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 999th in the United States, while ranked 2337th and 2997th 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	$22.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$101
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$8.07
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$2326
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$1534
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$4090
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$857
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$96.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$69.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	6.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$5605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$3243
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$3.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$5.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$5.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$5.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$17.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$18.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$10.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$5.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$54.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$2261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$23474

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2763
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2619
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2397
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2725
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2160
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3756
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2271
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3087
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2744
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2661
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2724
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2609
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2556
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2343
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2555
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2715
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3446
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3582
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$3033
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2295
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2664
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2391
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2645
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2727
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2982
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2694
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2253
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2653
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2118
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2471
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2710
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2815
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2580
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3045
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3327
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3562
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2823
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2378
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2820