Manama vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$655	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$994
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	44	29
😀 Quality of life	72	44
🏙️ Population	298K	6.17M

The cost of living in Manama is 64% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4400th and 6548th ($1267 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 45th 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 1.3 months in Maoming. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 1915th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Maoming

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	Manama	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$18483

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014