Antwerp vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$832	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2298
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	46
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	529K	298K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 28% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 2896th and 4263rd ($1640 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Bahrain, respectively. Check Belgium vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 203rd and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Manama

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	Antwerp	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$9896

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

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