Calgary vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$3020
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$724
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1242
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	45
😀 Quality of life	90	76
🏙️ Population	1.31M	298K

The cost of living in Calgary is 62% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 1716th and 4555th ($2118 vs $1309) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 1st in Canada and Bahrain, respectively. Check Canada vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 209th and 1317th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Manama

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	Calgary	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$6.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$52.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$789
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$548
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$971
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$89.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$38.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	7.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$2606
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2317
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$36.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$32.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$19.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$3.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$40.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$51.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$350
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$10032

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

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