Manama vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$660	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	46	56
😀 Quality of life	77	44
🏙️ Population	298K	43.9K

The cost of living in Manama is 15% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4625th and 5084th ($1237 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bahrain and the Palestine, respectively. Check Bahrain vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 1191st and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Ramallah

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	Manama	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$4130

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850