Amman vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$384	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$2928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	100
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.9M

The cost of living in Amman is 46% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 5330th and 2370th ($1032 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th in Jordan and Canada, respectively. Check Jordan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 2337th and 49th 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	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$6432

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828