Amman vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amman	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1004	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2435	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$383	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$667	$3299
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	91
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	4.01M	548K

The cost of living in Amman is 53% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 5667th and 1500th ($1004 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd 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 1.5 months in Manchester. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3456th and 76th 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	$7.7	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.2%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.11	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.3	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.5	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$248	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5207	$17390

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761