Brisbane vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$1375
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$3148
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$807
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$1414
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$2188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	44
😀 Quality of life	95	70
🏙️ Population	2.36M	157K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 71% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 930th and 3950th ($2356 vs $1375) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Bahrain, respectively. Check Australia vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 18th and 3031st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Manama

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	Brisbane	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$8.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$54.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$11.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$798
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$612
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$1068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	7.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$2294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$1484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$37.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$25.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$1.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$21.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$3.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$8.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$4.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$74.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$10676

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604