Amman vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$398	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$2002
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	64	100
😀 Quality of life	71	81
🏙️ Population	4.01M	594K

The cost of living in Amman is 2% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 5492nd and 5371st ($1009 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 306th in Jordan and Japan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 3561st and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Kawaguchi

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	Amman	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$15648

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066