Amman vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$1040
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$2420
🏠 One person rent	$384	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$867
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$289
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	30
😀 Quality of life	73	53
🏙️ Population	4.01M	486K

The cost of living in Amman is 0.9% less expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 5330th and 5257th ($1032 vs $1040) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Namibia, respectively. Check Jordan vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 0.3 months in Windhoek. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 2337th and 6487th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Windhoek

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	Amman	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$85.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	11.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$49.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$8.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$6.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$7.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$2.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$5490

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$945
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$982
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$998
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$925
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$991
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$893
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$890
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$891
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$796
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$663
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$691
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$691
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$723
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$903
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$590
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$615
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$904
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$549
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$813
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$994
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$632
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$554
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$811
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1031
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$872
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$912
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1104
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$631
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1015
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$997
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$742
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$610
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$851