Amman vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$398	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$4411
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	64	94
😀 Quality of life	71	78
🏙️ Population	4.01M	467K

The cost of living in Amman is 65% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5492nd and 327th ($1009 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 273rd 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 0.5 months in Amman compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 3561st and 982nd 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	$7.09	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$19997

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821