Dresden vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$729	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$2207
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	44
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	563K	298K

The cost of living in Dresden is 15% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 3857th and 4400th ($1462 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1st in Germany and Bahrain, respectively. Check Germany vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 203rd and 1915th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Manama

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	Dresden	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$10026

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520