Amman vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amman	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1004	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2435	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$383	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$667	$4933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	68	77
🏙️ Population	4.01M	467K

The cost of living in Amman is 63% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5667th and 464th ($1004 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 3456th and 769th 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	$7.7	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.2%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.11	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.3	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.5	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$248	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5207	$21877

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$692
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$598
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$630
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$952
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$730
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1536
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$934
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$707
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$721
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1838
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$705
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1614
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1768
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1872
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$847
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1866
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2115
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1544
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1651
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1674
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2085
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1741
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2020

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614