Malaga vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malaga	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1430	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3228	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$851	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$2298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	24	46
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	592K	298K

The cost of living in Malaga is 12% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 3759th and 4263rd ($1430 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in Spain and Bahrain, respectively. Check Spain vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Malaga compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Malaga ranked 19th best city to live in Spain vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 708th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malaga vs Manama

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	Malaga	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$969	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1741	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.1	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.9	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.49%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6060	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2594	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.78	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.58	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.4	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9532	$9896

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Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449

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