Amman vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$386	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	64	29
😀 Quality of life	68	51
🏙️ Population	4.01M	431K

The cost of living in Amman is 15% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 5535th and 6224th ($994 vs $862) 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 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 3048th and 6198th 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	$7.09	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$4344

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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	$1930
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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785