Amman vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amman	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1004	$2702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2435	$6288
🏠 One person rent	$383	$1727
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$667	$5400
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	63	97
😀 Quality of life	68	80
🏙️ Population	4.01M	793K

The cost of living in Amman is 63% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 5667th and 440th ($1004 vs $2702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 384th 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 months in Hempstead. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Hempstead ranked 139th in the United States, while ranked 3456th and 543rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Hempstead

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	Amman	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.7	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$6.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$1599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1481
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$2892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$2592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$65.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.2%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$8270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$2945
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$9.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$5.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.11	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$8.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$5.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$110
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.3	$149
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.5	$53.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$248	$1901
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5207	$21852

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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 Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2578
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2577
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2623
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2572
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2517
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2615
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2566
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2722
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2751
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2982
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2117
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3108
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2510
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4051
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3659
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2834
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3050
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2759
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2634
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2732
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3280
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2611
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2857
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2459
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3498
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3002
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2342
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2701
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2888
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2641
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2755
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2590
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3168