Gothenburg vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gothenburg	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1725	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3877	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$895	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$1550	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3191	$2207
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	46	44
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	608K	298K

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 36% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 2792nd and 4400th ($1725 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Sweden and Bahrain, respectively. Check Sweden vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Gothenburg compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 81st and 1915th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Gothenburg vs Manama infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/gothenburg/manama.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Gothenburg vs Manama infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/gothenburg/manama" target="_blank">Gothenburg vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Gothenburg vs Manama

Prices for goods and services in Gothenburg and Manama are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Gothenburg	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.7	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.5	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.75	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$721	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1694	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1317	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.9	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5998	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4134	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.77	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.11	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.7	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$122	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3801	$10026

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1596
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1264
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1299
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1206
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1262
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1507
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1341
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1407
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1434
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1415
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1842
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1442
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1645
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1347
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1964
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1577
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1713
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1443
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1713
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1821
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2088
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1966
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2006
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1852
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1294
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1565
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1710
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1259
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1908
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1547
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1613
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2203
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1714
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1267

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