Manama vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$675	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$1771
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	96
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	298K	17.7M

The cost of living in Manama is 40% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 4263rd and 5950th ($1280 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 1311th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Shenzhen

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	Manama	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.92	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$22267

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609