Amman vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$386	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$2923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	64	91
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	4.01M	548K

The cost of living in Amman is 52% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 5535th and 1662nd ($994 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 46th 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 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3048th and 85th 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	$7.09	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$19551

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681