Amman vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$2365
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$5609
🏠 One person rent	$392	$1445
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$2498
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$583
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$3421
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	4.01M	548K

The cost of living in Amman is 57% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 5560th and 1156th ($1013 vs $2365) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd in Jordan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Manchester ranked 9th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 2560th and 78th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Manchester

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	Amman	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.07	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$93.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$7.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$2808
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$2033
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$4797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$4525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$22.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$8.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$7.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$1658
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$21096

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862