Glasgow vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Glasgow	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$1340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4959	$3091
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$765
🏘️ Family rent	$2124	$1313
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$2321
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	45
😀 Quality of life	94	76
🏙️ Population	626K	298K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 58% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 1708th and 4453rd ($2114 vs $1340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th 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 1.6 months in Glasgow compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 39th and 1297th 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	$22.9	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.4	$6.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$904
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$568
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1681	$1009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$143
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4105	$2618
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3087	$1965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$8.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$3.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$39.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$135	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$928	$403
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21435	$10985

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521