Amman vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$1231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$2814
🏠 One person rent	$398	$681
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$1180
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	64	56
😀 Quality of life	71	55
🏙️ Population	4.01M	3.78M

The cost of living in Amman is 18% less expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 5492nd and 4637th ($1009 vs $1231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Jordan and South Africa, respectively. Check Jordan vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 0.3 months in Cape Town. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Cape Town ranked 5th in South Africa, while ranked 3561st and 6312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Cape Town

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	Amman	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$46.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$761
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$513
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$1355
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	11.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$1957
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$1290
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$1.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$2.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$5.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$5.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$5.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$7.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$37.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$56
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$4978

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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 Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1243
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$666
371 km or 231 mi	George	$857
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$946
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$746
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$814
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$988
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$861
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1304
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$784
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$598
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$650
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$901
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$762
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$948
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$833
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$904
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$637
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$637
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$984
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$668
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$607
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$890
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$985
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$984
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$892
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$927
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$857