Manama vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$660	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	46	25
😀 Quality of life	77	15
🏙️ Population	298K	2.12M

The cost of living in Manama is 73% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4625th and 7013th ($1237 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bahrain and Somalia, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 1191st and 9189th 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	$6.59	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$575

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1230
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1201
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$908
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$873
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1770
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$930
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1849
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$453
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$477
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$530
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$503
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$553
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1627
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$529
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$730
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2514
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$483
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1419
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2521
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$463
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$549
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$889
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1449
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1228
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$724
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$548
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$694
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1169
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1175
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$549
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$502
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$596
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$1031
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$460
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$420
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$811
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$552
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$559
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$503
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$533
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$586
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$560
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$528
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$802
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$612
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$567
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1039
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$517
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$543
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$511
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$654
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$623
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$522
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$421
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$512
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1585
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$582
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$499
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$864