Amman vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Amman	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$2373
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2458	$5477
🏠 One person rent	$403	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$683	$2401
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$617
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$87.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$668	$4411
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	64	82
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	4.01M	468K

The cost of living in Amman is 57% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 5758th and 1079th ($1011 vs $2373) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 938th in Jordan and the United States, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Raleigh ranked 60th in the United States, while ranked 2655th and 208th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Raleigh

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	Amman	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.4	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$9.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.68	$5.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$1483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$1224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$757	$2557
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$495	$2004
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.34%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$4820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$903	$2960
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.4	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$3.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.47	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$6.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$5.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.54	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.2	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$3.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.5	$49.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$1497
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5360	$24073

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$550
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$743
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$705
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1073
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$912
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2345
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1693
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$969
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$715
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2021
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$812
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1695
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2076
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2071
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2045
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$783
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1763
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1903
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1896
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2099
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1930
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1010
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2054
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2301
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1967
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2140
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1714
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2108
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1842
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2025
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1821
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1879
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1839
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2234
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2202
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2854
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1990
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2360
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1898
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2239

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2282
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2587
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1840
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2237
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2322
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2286
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2274
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2194
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2340
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2186
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2117
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2076
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1932
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1874
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2161
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2309
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1772
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2069
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2118
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2178
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2065
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1923
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2050
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2170
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2162
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2078
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1982
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2115
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2144
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1722
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1972
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2235
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2336
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2173
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2231
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1706