Manama vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$1725
🏠 One person rent	$655	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$739
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	44	19
😀 Quality of life	72	38
🏙️ Population	298K	7.01M

The cost of living in Manama is 92% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4400th and 7219th ($1267 vs $659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 153rd 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 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Zhumadian ranked 307th in China, while ranked 1915th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Zhumadian

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	Manama	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$21.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$364
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$72.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$3395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$1906
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$5.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$9322

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$587
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$612
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$599
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$683
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$610
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$619
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$655
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$568
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$571
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$614
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$647
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$559
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$673
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$541
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$614
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$542
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$647
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$622
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$623
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$531
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$599
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$535
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$775
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$659
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$521
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$681
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$594
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$626
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$606
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$511
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$633
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$525