Athens vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$616	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	46
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	643K	298K

The cost of living in Athens is 0.6% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 4281st and 4263rd ($1272 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and Bahrain, respectively. Check Greece vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 656th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Manama

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	Athens	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$9896

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

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