Manama vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$655	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$1905
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	100
😀 Quality of life	72	79
🏙️ Population	298K	24.9M

The cost of living in Manama is 11% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4400th and 4780th ($1267 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Bahrain and China, respectively. Check Bahrain vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 1915th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Shanghai

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	Manama	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774