Ramallah vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ramallah	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1072	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$411	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$690	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.3	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$4361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	56	52
😀 Quality of life	44	91
🏙️ Population	43.9K	140K

The cost of living in Ramallah is 67% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5084th and 88th ($1072 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Palestine and Iceland, respectively. Check the Palestine vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Ramallah compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Ramallah ranked 5th best city to live in the Palestine vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 7218th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ramallah vs Reykjavik

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	Ramallah	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.1	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.7	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.5	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.3	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1229	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1006	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.29	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.1	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.21	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.84	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.6	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.28	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.19	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4130	$30378

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242