Manama vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1091
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$2655
🏠 One person rent	$655	$694
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$1335
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$638
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	44	1
😀 Quality of life	72	26
🏙️ Population	298K	74.7K

The cost of living in Manama is 16% more expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 4400th and 4999th ($1267 vs $1091) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bahrain and Comoros, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 1915th and 8483rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Moroni

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	Manama	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$1.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$641
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1369
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1108
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$67.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$72.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$1526
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$1320
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$8.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$4.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$13831

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1093
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1500
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1394
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$1190
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$736
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$675
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$639
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$601
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$516
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$519
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$560
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$498
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$500
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$670
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$457
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$515
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$591
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$502
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$534
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$564
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$574
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$433
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$548
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$834
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$543
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1000
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$403
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$482
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1079
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$953
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$745
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$571
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$662
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$535
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$810