Hanover vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanover	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1829	$1340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4506	$3091
🏠 One person rent	$908	$765
🏘️ Family rent	$1559	$1313
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$2321
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	83	45
😀 Quality of life	92	76
🏙️ Population	548K	298K

The cost of living in Hanover is 36% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 2689th and 4453rd ($1829 vs $1340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 70th and 1st in Germany and Bahrain, respectively. Check Germany vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Hanover compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Hanover ranked 13th best city to live in Germany vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 82nd and 1297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Manama

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	Hanover	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$6.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$886	$904
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$568
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$1636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1227	$1009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$143
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4553	$2618
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3475	$1965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.18	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$8.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.04	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$3.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$39.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$629	$403
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21676	$10985

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1697
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1694
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1691
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1693
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1685
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1664
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1655
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1639
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1631
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1661
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1661
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1655
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1649
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1648
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1558
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1547
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1614
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1487
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1596
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1547
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1538
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1596
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1508
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1520
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1549
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1529
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1567
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1563
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1585
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1590
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1430
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1420
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1596
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1565
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1567
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1571

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