Barcelona vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$2207
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	98	44
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	1.66M	298K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 49% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 2198th and 4400th ($1887 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Spain and Bahrain, respectively. Check Spain vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 238th and 1915th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Manama

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	Barcelona	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$10026

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581

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