Amman vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$2732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$6311
🏠 One person rent	$392	$1782
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$3096
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$654
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$4305
😷 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 63% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5560th and 524th ($1013 vs $2732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 453rd 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 282nd in the United States, while ranked 2560th and 992nd 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	$7.07	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$5.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$1544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$3153
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$2806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$7165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$7.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$95.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$1666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$22757

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$546
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$740
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1122
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1821
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$724
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$895
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2207
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$910
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1909
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2154
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2274
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1062
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2260
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2346
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1870
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1946
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1981
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$3089
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2066
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2449

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059