Chisinau vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$505	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	46
😀 Quality of life	57	74
🏙️ Population	639K	298K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 30% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 6080th and 4263rd ($892 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Bahrain, respectively. Check Moldova vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 5665th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Manama

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	Chisinau	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$9896

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514