Copenhagen vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$1982
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	46
😀 Quality of life	98	77
🏙️ Population	667K	298K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 110% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 713th and 4625th ($2601 vs $1237) 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 1.6 months in Manama. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 10th and 1191st 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	$23.6	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$8943

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

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