Manama vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manama	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1375	$857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3148	$2292
🏠 One person rent	$807	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$1414	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$396	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.6	$88.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2188	$973
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	44	29
😀 Quality of life	70	46
🏙️ Population	157K	6.17M

The cost of living in Manama is 60% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 3950th and 6186th ($1375 vs $857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Bahrain and China, respectively. Check Bahrain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 1.1 months in Maoming. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 3031st and 6533rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Maoming

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	Manama	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.12	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.49	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.68	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$798	$514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$332
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$40.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.85%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2294	$7658
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1484	$3744
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.1	$20.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.41	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.29	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$5.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$5.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.16	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.2	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$6.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$71
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10676	$18555

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$831
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$876
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$806
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$830
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$638
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$620
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$816
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$824
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$735
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$812
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$568
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$575
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1565
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$618
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$611
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$742
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$547
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$785
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$781
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$589
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$596
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2410
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$573
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$774
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$571
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$837
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$590
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$525
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$552
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$856
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$573
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$605
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$891
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1083