Manama vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$660	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	77	61
🏙️ Population	298K	1.4M

The cost of living in Manama is 42% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4625th and 6373rd ($1237 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Mongolia, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 1191st and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Manama	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600