Manama vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$675	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	54
😀 Quality of life	74	66
🏙️ Population	298K	8.78M

The cost of living in Manama is 99% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4263rd and 7256th ($1280 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Bahrain and China, respectively. Check Bahrain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Manama compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 1311th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Quanzhou

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	Manama	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.92	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$20567

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936