Amman vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$1770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$4014
🏠 One person rent	$398	$1041
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$1826
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$1866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	64	38
😀 Quality of life	71	77
🏙️ Population	4.01M	6.44K

The cost of living in Amman is 43% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 5492nd and 2847th ($1009 vs $1770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Jordan and Malta, respectively. Check Jordan vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 1.1 months in Valletta. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 3561st and 1422nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Amman vs Valletta infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/amman/valletta.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Amman vs Valletta infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/amman/valletta" target="_blank">Amman vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Amman vs Valletta

Prices for goods and services in Amman and Valletta are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Amman	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$79.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$4.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$1113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$878
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$1593
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$37.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$4177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$3714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$7.21
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$2.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$12705

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1951
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1739
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1577
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1697
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1666
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1579
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1271
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$1161
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1234
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1232
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1085
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1298
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1301
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1176
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1141
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1046
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1341
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$487
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$552
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$455
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$406
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$480
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1425
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1266
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$350
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$607
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$387
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$434
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$381
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$577
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$529
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1200
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1319
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$382
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$375