Amman vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amman	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1004	$1775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2435	$4161
🏠 One person rent	$383	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$1821
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$92.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$667	$3710
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	35
😀 Quality of life	68	80
🏙️ Population	4.01M	679K

The cost of living in Amman is 43% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 5667th and 2613th ($1004 vs $1775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1951st 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 0.7 months in Amman compared to 2.1 months in El Paso. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs El Paso ranked 134th in the United States, while ranked 3456th and 532nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs El Paso

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	Amman	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.7	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$61.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$3.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$945
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$1654
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1491
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$70.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.2%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$1759
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$1755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$48.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$3.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$9.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$5.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$7.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$5.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$6.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.11	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$6.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.3	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.5	$36.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$248	$671
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5207	$7468

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$692
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$598
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$630
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$952
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$730
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1536
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$934
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$707
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$721
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1838
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$705
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1614
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1768
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1872
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$847
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1866
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2115
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1544
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1651
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1674
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2085
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1741
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2020

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$974
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1834
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1613
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1636
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$813
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1805
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1847
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$778
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1834
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$854
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1665
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2111
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$803
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2099
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2230
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$792
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1682
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1954
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$1986
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2026
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1629
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$786
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2040
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2016
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2067
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2052
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2618
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2176
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1715
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2003
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2324
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2313
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2338
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$854
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2398
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2372
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2414
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2352