Amman vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$7082
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1895
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$3327
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$708
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$6506
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	80
😀 Quality of life	69	90
🏙️ Population	4.01M	737K

The cost of living in Amman is 67% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 5457th and 145th ($981 vs $2974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 120th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Seattle ranked 19th in the United States, while ranked 3121st and 125th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Seattle

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	Amman	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.28	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$8.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$2036
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$1598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$3765
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$9273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$5449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$96.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$3.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$3.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$6.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$177
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$62.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$1999
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$29730

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3345
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2920
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2514
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2507
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3118
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2157
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3262
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2463
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2729
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2837
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2651
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2549
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2827
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2597
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2604
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2830
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2652
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2733
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2461
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2585
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2402
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2546
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2500
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2576
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2470
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2210