Amman vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$1869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$4554
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1085
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$1927
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$3070
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	96
😀 Quality of life	69	89
🏙️ Population	4.01M	189K

The cost of living in Amman is 48% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 5457th and 2147th ($981 vs $1869) 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 3121st and 148th 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	$7.28	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$968
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$1848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1555
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$55.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	3.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$4416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$3736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$4.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$8.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$978
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$23098

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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 Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650