Copenhagen vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$2298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	46
😀 Quality of life	97	74
🏙️ Population	644K	298K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 82% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 1085th and 4263rd ($2333 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Bahrain, respectively. Check Denmark vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 10th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Manama

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	Copenhagen	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$9896

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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