Amman vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$386	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$3350
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	64	35
😀 Quality of life	68	79
🏙️ Population	4.01M	679K

The cost of living in Amman is 45% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 5535th and 2363rd ($994 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1931st 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 1.8 months in El Paso. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 3048th and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Amman vs El Paso infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/amman/el-paso.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Amman vs El Paso infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/amman/el-paso" target="_blank">Amman vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Amman vs El Paso

Prices for goods and services in Amman and El Paso are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Amman	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$6903

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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	$1931
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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353