New York City vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$973
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	100	56
😀 Quality of life	95	51
🏙️ Population	8.8M	39K

The cost of living in New York City is 346% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 3rd and 5524th ($4441 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the United States and the Palestine, respectively. Check the United States vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1 months in Ramallah. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 22nd and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Ramallah

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	New York City	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$4230

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511