Amman vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$386	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	64	60
😀 Quality of life	68	56
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.42M

The cost of living in Amman is 96% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5535th and 8600th ($994 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Jordan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Jordan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3048th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Kharkiv

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	Amman	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549