Amman vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$2172
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$5195
🏠 One person rent	$398	$1127
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$1961
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$270
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$3668
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	64	84
😀 Quality of life	71	95
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.91M

The cost of living in Amman is 54% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 5492nd and 1536th ($1009 vs $2172) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Jordan and Germany, respectively. Check Jordan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 3561st and 41st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Hamburg City

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	Amman	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$92.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$5.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$2245
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$1554
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$39.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	3.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$9266
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$4.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$31.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$4.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$63.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$25.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$27074

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429