Beirut vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$1340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$3091
🏠 One person rent	$641	$765
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1313
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$2321
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	74	45
😀 Quality of life	63	76
🏙️ Population	2.42M	298K

The cost of living in Beirut is 8% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 4177th and 4453rd ($1441 vs $1340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Bahrain, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 5483rd and 1297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Manama

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	Beirut	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$6.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$904
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$568
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$1636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$143
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$2618
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$1965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$3.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$39.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$403
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$10985

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521