Amman vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amman	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1004	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2435	$4848
🏠 One person rent	$383	$1146
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$667	$3562
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	68	96
🏙️ Population	4.01M	626K

The cost of living in Amman is 50% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 5667th and 1833rd ($1004 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th 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 1.8 months in Glasgow. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3456th and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Glasgow

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	Amman	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.7	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$9.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$1254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$2451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.2%	5.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$3909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$3280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$80.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$19.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.11	$3.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.3	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.5	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$248	$1167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5207	$12979

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364