Amman vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4372
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	73	78
🏙️ Population	4.01M	467K

The cost of living in Amman is 62% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5330th and 604th ($1032 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 532nd 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 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 2337th and 958th 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	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$19617

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164