Amman vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$398	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	64	88
😀 Quality of life	71	95
🏙️ Population	4.01M	488K

The cost of living in Amman is 56% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 5492nd and 1247th ($1009 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd 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 0.5 months in Amman compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3561st and 59th 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	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$23184

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808