Manama vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$655	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$391
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	26
😀 Quality of life	72	13
🏙️ Population	298K	2.12M

The cost of living in Manama is 76% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4400th and 6821st ($1267 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Somalia, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 1915th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Mogadishu

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	Manama	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$890

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799