Amman vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$398	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	64	100
😀 Quality of life	71	77
🏙️ Population	4.01M	24.9M

The cost of living in Amman is 11% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5492nd and 4879th ($1009 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Jordan and China, respectively. Check Jordan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 3561st and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Shanghai

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	Amman	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$27624

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$548
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$748
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1072
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$915
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1732
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$987
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$718
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$837
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2108
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$807
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1817
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1998
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2153
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1021
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2142
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2347
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1808
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1855
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1850
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2937
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1947
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2303

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753