Amman vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$2470
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$5697
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1502
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$2463
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4381
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	68
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	4.01M	875K

The cost of living in Amman is 58% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 5330th and 946th ($1032 vs $2470) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 818th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Charlotte ranked 64th in the United States, while ranked 2337th and 246th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Charlotte

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	Amman	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$70.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$6.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1645
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$1249
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$2953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$2052
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	6.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$4312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$2445
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$15.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$5.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$17.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$2.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$9.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$5.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$24568

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2217
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2130
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2190
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2095
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1904
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1959
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$1975
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2129
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1973
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2183
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2075
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2058
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1727
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1946
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2070
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2007
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2070
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1868
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2059
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1909
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2200
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2171
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2027
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1816
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2253
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1940
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2284
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1892
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1678
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1842
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2089
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2671
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2083
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1863
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1932