Bucharest vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bucharest	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$961	$1375
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$3148
🏠 One person rent	$449	$807
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1414
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1072	$2188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	76	44
😀 Quality of life	77	70
🏙️ Population	1.72M	157K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 30% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 5593rd and 3950th ($961 vs $1375) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Bahrain, respectively. Check Romania vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bucharest compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 703rd and 3031st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Manama

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	Bucharest	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.66	$8.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$54.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$7.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$11.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$5.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$464	$798
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$612
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$863	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.75	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.17%	7.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2654	$2294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1649	$1484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$37.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.86	$25.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.05	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.03	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$21.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.39	$8.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.19	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$4.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$74.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.54	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.9	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9569	$10676

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$846
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$817
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$868
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$619
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$702
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$681
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$758
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$701
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$739
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$758
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$610
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$611
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$928
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$654
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$595
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$719
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$646
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$639
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$813
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$495
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$743
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$851
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$898
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$962
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$563
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$800
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$641
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$746
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$702
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$730
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$561
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$508
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$865
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$670
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$661
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$678

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