Gothenburg vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gothenburg	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1623	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3695	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$808	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1406	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3142	$2298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	675K	298K

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 27% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 2959th and 4263rd ($1623 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Sweden and Bahrain, respectively. Check Sweden vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Gothenburg compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 78th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Manama

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	Gothenburg	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.46	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.53	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$665	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5838	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3896	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.4	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.08	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.9	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3664	$9896

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514