Amman vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$6649
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1620
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$3006
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$408
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$3743
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	99
😀 Quality of life	69	98
🏙️ Population	4.01M	4.84M

The cost of living in Amman is 64% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5457th and 318th ($981 vs $2741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Australia, respectively. Check Jordan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.4 months in Sydney. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 3121st and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Sydney

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	Amman	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.28	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$69.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$6.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$1319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$3954
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$53.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$17057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$10833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$8.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$5.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$28.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$55.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$21.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$2005
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$17934

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816