Luanda vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luanda	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$496	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$2298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	19	46
😀 Quality of life	53	74
🏙️ Population	2.49M	298K

The cost of living in Luanda is 21% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 5424th and 4263rd ($1012 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Angola and Bahrain, respectively. Check Angola vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Luanda compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 6024th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luanda vs Manama

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	Luanda	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.84	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.9	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.9	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2330	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1341	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.3	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.5	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$133	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.82%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10449	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.88	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.98	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.5	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.51	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.8	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$700	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15041	$9896

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$863
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$788
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$821
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$844
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$676
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$645
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$671
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$577
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$523
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$519
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$520
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$580
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$876
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$522
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$634
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$934
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$731
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$976
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$668
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$850
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$828
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1121
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$900
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$742
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$975
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$747
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$811
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$482
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$741
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1265
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$655
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$961

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