Amman vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$4478
🏠 One person rent	$386	$1024
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1880
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$85.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$2931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	64	96
😀 Quality of life	68	89
🏙️ Population	4.01M	196K

The cost of living in Amman is 45% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 5535th and 2354th ($994 vs $1816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Belgium, respectively. Check Jordan vs Belgium comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.6 months in Brussels. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Brussels ranked 1st in Belgium, while ranked 3048th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Brussels

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	Amman	Brussels
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$76.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$5.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$973
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$770
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1489
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$4675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$4207
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$8.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$94.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$975
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$19505

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640