Hargeisa vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$217	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	11	46
😀 Quality of life	8	74
🏙️ Population	760K	298K

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 48% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7141st and 4263rd ($660 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Somalia and Bahrain, respectively. Check Somalia vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 9243rd and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Manama

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	Hargeisa	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$9896

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514