Male vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$814	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	62	74
🏙️ Population	133K	298K

The cost of living in Male is 2% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 4205th and 4263rd ($1304 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Bahrain, respectively. Check Maldives vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 4917th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Manama

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	Male	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$9896

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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