Amman vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$398	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	64	43
😀 Quality of life	71	61
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.4M

The cost of living in Amman is 16% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5492nd and 6373rd ($1009 vs $870) 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 0.5 months in Amman compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3561st and 5856th 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	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600