Amman vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$392	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	73	96
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.11M

The cost of living in Amman is 59% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5560th and 916th ($1013 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and France, respectively. Check Jordan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2560th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Paris

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	Amman	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.07	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544