Glasgow vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$1982
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	95	77
🏙️ Population	626K	298K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 66% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 1833rd and 4625th ($2058 vs $1237) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Bahrain, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 52nd and 1191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Manama

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	Glasgow	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$8943

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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