Amman vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$792
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$2074
🏠 One person rent	$358	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$826
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$43.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$365
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	43
😀 Quality of life	69	55
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.4M

The cost of living in Amman is 24% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5457th and 6405th ($981 vs $792) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Jordan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3121st and 5931st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Amman	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.28	$4.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$1038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$1426
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$7.97
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$5.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$4.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$2.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$63.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$4.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$80.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$5952

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$759
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$576
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$607
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$589
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$491
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$674
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$997
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$679
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$673
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1345
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$674
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$677
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$640
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$444
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$776
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$707
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$647
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$643
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$614
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$535
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$625
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$573
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$578
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$603
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$593
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$572
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$504
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$602
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$510
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$576
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$581
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$700
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$560
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$628
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1065
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$666
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$625