Manama vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$660	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	94
😀 Quality of life	77	87
🏙️ Population	298K	4.04M

The cost of living in Manama is 9% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4625th and 4867th ($1237 vs $1135) 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 1191st and 387th 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	$6.59	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589