Amman vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4016
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	60
😀 Quality of life	73	87
🏙️ Population	4.01M	246K

The cost of living in Amman is 44% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5330th and 2604th ($1032 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1876th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 2337th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Louisville

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	Amman	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$16070

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035