Amman vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$386	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	64	30
😀 Quality of life	68	14
🏙️ Population	4.01M	4.27M

The cost of living in Amman is 110% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5535th and 8769th ($994 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Jordan and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 3048th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Kabul

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	Amman	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476