Manama vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manama	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1375	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3148	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$807	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1414	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$396	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.6	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2188	$1496
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	70	88
🏙️ Population	157K	4.36M

The cost of living in Manama is 36% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3950th and 5229th ($1375 vs $1011) 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 1.6 months in Manama compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 3031st and 181st 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	$8.12	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.49	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.68	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$798	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.85%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2294	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1484	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.1	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.41	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.29	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.16	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10676	$11035

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589