Budapest vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$707	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$1982
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	46
😀 Quality of life	82	77
🏙️ Population	1.69M	298K

The cost of living in Budapest is 11% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 4312th and 4625th ($1377 vs $1237) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Bahrain, respectively. Check Hungary vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 636th and 1191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Manama

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	Budapest	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$8943

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1230
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1201
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$908
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$873
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1770
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$930
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1849
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$453
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$477
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$530
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$503
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$553
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1627
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$529
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$730
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2514
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$483
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1419
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2521
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$463
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$549
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$889
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1449
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1228
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534