Manama vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$655	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$4399
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	99
😀 Quality of life	72	99
🏙️ Population	298K	4.84M

The cost of living in Manama is 55% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4400th and 312th ($1267 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Australia, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 1915th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Sydney

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	Manama	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$18951

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754