Amman vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$6734
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1795
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$3490
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$4345
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	82
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	4.01M	468K

The cost of living in Amman is 64% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 5457th and 304th ($981 vs $2757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 266th 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 1.6 months in Raleigh. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Raleigh ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 3121st and 235th 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	$7.28	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$3656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$3034
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$83.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$9360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$4247
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$5.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$5.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$6.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$4.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$22084

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$602
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$625
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1011
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$849
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1583
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$964
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$735
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$737
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1850
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$760
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1660
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1752
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1873
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$802
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1900
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2068
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1427
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1678
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1689
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2149
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1701
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2113

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2313
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1731
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2271
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2161
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2112
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2163
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2071
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2159
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2236
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2063
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2031
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1787
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2084
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2084
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1947
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2098
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2053
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2020
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2052
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2056
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2082
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2105
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2139
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2074
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1929
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2112
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$2056
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2191
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2014
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2441
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2229
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2218
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1857