Amman vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$386	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	64	53
😀 Quality of life	68	44
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.11M

The cost of living in Amman is 107% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 5535th and 8745th ($994 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Jordan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Jordan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 3048th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Medan

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	Amman	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501