Amman vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$2331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$5693
🏠 One person rent	$392	$1375
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$2392
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$3706
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	88
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	4.01M	488K

The cost of living in Amman is 57% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 5560th and 1221st ($1013 vs $2331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 37th 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 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Edinburgh ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 2560th and 77th 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	$7.07	$22.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$91.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$8.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$1087
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$2613
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$1964
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	4.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$6800
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$4921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$96.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$23.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$3.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$2.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$21.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$1708
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$26404

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$546
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$740
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1122
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1821
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$724
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$895
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2207
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$910
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1909
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2154
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2274
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1062
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2260
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2346
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1870
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1946
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1981
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$3089
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2066
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2449

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892