Amman vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$386	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$407
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	64	43
😀 Quality of life	68	56
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.4M

The cost of living in Amman is 10% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5535th and 6004th ($994 vs $906) 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 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3048th and 5778th 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	$7.09	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$6410

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598