Brussels vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$3020
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$724
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$1242
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	45
😀 Quality of life	92	76
🏙️ Population	196K	298K

The cost of living in Brussels is 58% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 1872nd and 4555th ($2065 vs $1309) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Bahrain, respectively. Check Belgium vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Brussels compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 99th and 1317th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Manama

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	Brussels	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$6.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$52.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$789
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$548
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$971
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$89.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$38.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	7.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$2606
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$2317
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$36.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$32.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$7.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$19.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$3.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$3.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$40.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$51.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$350
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$10032

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1192
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1109
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$931
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1037
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$823
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1923
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2014
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$465
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$489
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$545
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$523
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$565
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1632
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$541
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$707
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2420
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$492
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1473
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2183
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$487
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$556
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1457
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1214
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545