Amman vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$386	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	64	68
😀 Quality of life	68	46
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.1M

The cost of living in Amman is 148% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5535th and 8953rd ($994 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 3048th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Rawalpindi

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	Amman	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272