Manama vs Omdurman - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Omdurman
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$902
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$2045
🏠 One person rent	$655	$439
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$303
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$195
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	44	48
😀 Quality of life	72	29
🏙️ Population	298K	2.81M

The cost of living in Manama is 40% more expensive than in Omdurman. Cities ranked 4400th and 6121st ($1267 vs $902) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Bahrain and Sudan, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Sudan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 0.2 months in Omdurman. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Omdurman ranked 2nd in Sudan, while ranked 1915th and 8206th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Manama	Omdurman
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$6.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$30.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$646
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$28.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$44.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	21.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$1122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$19
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$9.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$5.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$3.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$1.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$15.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$27.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$63.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$2039

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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 Omdurman

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Khartoum	$889
19 km or 12 mi	Khartoum North	$868
278 km or 173 mi	Atbara	$1094
281 km or 174 mi	Kosti	$851
364 km or 226 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
368 km or 229 mi	El-Obeid	$847
423 km or 263 mi	Kassala	$988
481 km or 299 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
639 km or 397 mi	Gondar	$946
641 km or 398 mi	Keren	$491
667 km or 414 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
687 km or 427 mi	Mendefera	$490
690 km or 428 mi	Malakal	$502
693 km or 430 mi	Asmara	$524
701 km or 435 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
746 km or 464 mi	Massawa	$492
792 km or 492 mi	Mekelle	$686
799 km or 496 mi	Al-Fashir	$928
912 km or 567 mi	Nyala	$944
926 km or 575 mi	Dessie	$814
936 km or 581 mi	Aswan	$324
961 km or 597 mi	Jeddah	$1123
1004 km or 624 mi	Mecca	$940
1006 km or 625 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1010 km or 628 mi	Jimma	$590
1013 km or 629 mi	Wau	$513
1057 km or 657 mi	Bor	$513
1069 km or 664 mi	Bareq	$895
1099 km or 683 mi	Yanbu	$837
1104 km or 686 mi	Abha	$915
1114 km or 692 mi	Luxor	$314
1129 km or 702 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
1161 km or 722 mi	Awasa	$810
1166 km or 724 mi	Qena	$333
1175 km or 730 mi	Bisha	$895
1178 km or 732 mi	Zabid	$489
1186 km or 737 mi	Dikhil	$554
1208 km or 751 mi	Juba	$520
1212 km or 753 mi	Sohag	$350
1214 km or 754 mi	Sa'dah	$488