Amman vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2661
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$5993
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$3159
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$5087
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	69	77
🏙️ Population	4.01M	467K

The cost of living in Amman is 63% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5457th and 440th ($981 vs $2661) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 394th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Long Beach ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 3121st and 720th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Long Beach

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	Amman	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.28	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$6.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$4.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1874
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$1558
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$3303
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2822
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$6502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$7284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$7.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$4.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$91
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$1199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$18490

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$602
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$625
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1011
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$849
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1583
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$964
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$735
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$737
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1850
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$760
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1660
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1752
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1873
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$802
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1900
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2068
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1427
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1678
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1689
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2149
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1701
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2113

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652