Amman vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$392	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.51M

The cost of living in Amman is 59% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5560th and 889th ($1013 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Germany, respectively. Check Jordan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2560th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Munich

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	Amman	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.07	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$16629

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$546
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$740
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1122
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1821
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$724
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$895
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2207
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$910
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1909
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2154
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2274
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1062
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2260
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2346
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1870
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1946
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1981
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$3089
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2066
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2449

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748