Adelaide vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$3091
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$765
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1313
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$2321
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	45
😀 Quality of life	92	76
🏙️ Population	1.39M	298K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 76% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 1178th and 4453rd ($2355 vs $1340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Bahrain, respectively. Check Australia vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 75th and 1297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Manama

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	Adelaide	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$6.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$904
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$568
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$143
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2618
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$39.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$403
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$10985

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521