Manama vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$655	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$1661
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	298K	4.04M

The cost of living in Manama is 20% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4400th and 5212th ($1267 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bahrain and Taiwan, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1915th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs New Taipei

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	Manama	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.85
🥤 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	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605