Amman vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$386	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$3522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	64	88
😀 Quality of life	68	94
🏙️ Population	4.01M	488K

The cost of living in Amman is 54% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 5535th and 1491st ($994 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th in Jordan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3048th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Edinburgh

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	Amman	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$21911

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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	$1930
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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692