Dublin vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$1982
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	96	77
🏙️ Population	593K	298K

The cost of living in Dublin is 131% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 315th and 4625th ($2858 vs $1237) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Ireland and Bahrain, respectively. Check Ireland vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 21st and 1191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Manama

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	Dublin	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$8943

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2402
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2443
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2902
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1955
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2010
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1912
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1879
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2359
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1884
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2205
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1484
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1703
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2159
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2768
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1712
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1551
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1655
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1815
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1804
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1937
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1832
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1813
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1682
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2472
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1729
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2023
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1802
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1680
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1873
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1883
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1840
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1652
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1839
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1723

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