Amman vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$824
🏠 One person rent	$386	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	64	48
😀 Quality of life	68	40
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.97M

The cost of living in Amman is 187% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5535th and 9093rd ($994 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Jordan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 3048th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Peshawar

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	Amman	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596