Manama vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$675	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$745
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	46	19
😀 Quality of life	74	38
🏙️ Population	298K	7.01M

The cost of living in Manama is 101% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4263rd and 7314th ($1280 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th 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 Zhumadian. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 1311th and 7150th 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	$6.92	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504