Manama vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$675	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$971
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	46	29
😀 Quality of life	74	44
🏙️ Population	298K	6.17M

The cost of living in Manama is 69% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4263rd and 6647th ($1280 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th in Bahrain and China, respectively. Check Bahrain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Manama compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 1311th and 6657th 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	$6.92	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$17434

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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

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936