Amman vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$386	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$261
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	64	69
😀 Quality of life	68	49
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.01M

The cost of living in Amman is 125% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 5535th and 8870th ($994 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Jordan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 3048th and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Islamabad

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	Amman	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$2961

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369