Male vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$1309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$3020
🏠 One person rent	$805	$724
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$1242
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$2278
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	45
😀 Quality of life	64	76
🏙️ Population	133K	298K

The cost of living in Male is 0.1% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 4552nd and 4555th ($1311 vs $1309) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 5347th and 1317th 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	$6.02	$6.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$52.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$789
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$548
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$1454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$971
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$89.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$38.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	7.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$2606
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$2317
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$36.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$32.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$7.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$19.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$3.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$5.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$40.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$51.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$350
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$10032

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1192
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1109
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$931
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1037
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$823
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1923
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2014
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$465
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$489
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$545
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$523
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$565
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1632
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$541
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$707
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2420
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$492
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1473
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2183
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$487
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$556
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1457
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1214
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545