Amman vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$386	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	64	8
😀 Quality of life	68	59
🏙️ Population	4.01M	24.7K

The cost of living in Amman is 33% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5535th and 3454th ($994 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Jordan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 3048th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Victoria

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	Amman	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408