Amman vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$3205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$6762
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$904
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4423
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	53
😀 Quality of life	73	88
🏙️ Population	4.01M	139K

The cost of living in Amman is 68% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5330th and 119th ($1032 vs $3205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Iceland, respectively. Check Jordan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 2337th and 258th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Reykjavik

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	Amman	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$28.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$97.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$20
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$13.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$6.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$2129
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$1743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$3328
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$2660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$52.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$80.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	8.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$7748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$6175
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$5.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$6.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$24.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$44.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$23.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$5.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$90.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$19.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$47.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$146
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$178
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$472
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$30029

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3092
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3106
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2581
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2921
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2017
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2005
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1523
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1646
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1647
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1640
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1835
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1885
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1842
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2114
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1593
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1763
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1704
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1831
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1586
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1760
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1878
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1485
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1923
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$2021
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$3003
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2264
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1456
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2508
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2101
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1944
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2518
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2336