Ramallah vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ramallah	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$996	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2359	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$434	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$973	$3761
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	56	53
😀 Quality of life	51	89
🏙️ Population	39K	140K

The cost of living in Ramallah is 66% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5524th and 200th ($996 vs $2938) 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 1 months in Ramallah compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Ramallah ranked 1st best city to live in the Palestine vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 6159th and 194th 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	$9.47	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.6	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$776	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.1	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.9	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1126	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$922	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.4	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.91	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.6	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.08	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.08	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.36	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.5	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$190	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4230	$2532

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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

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006