Amman vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$386	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	64	100
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.8M

The cost of living in Amman is 46% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 5535th and 2225th ($994 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in Jordan and Canada, respectively. Check Jordan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 3048th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Montreal

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	Amman	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$5725

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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	$1930
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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692