Manama vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$675	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$709
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	46	24
😀 Quality of life	74	39
🏙️ Population	298K	6.56M

The cost of living in Manama is 116% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4263rd and 7740th ($1280 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 1311th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Shaoyang

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	Manama	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.92	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600