Hanover vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanover	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4329	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$953	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$550	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2988	$2207
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	84	44
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	545K	298K

The cost of living in Hanover is 44% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 2395th and 4400th ($1828 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Germany and Bahrain, respectively. Check Germany vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Hanover ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 83rd and 1915th 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	$14.6	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.7	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.04	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$644	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1643	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1158	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$315	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5131	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.8	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.7	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.62	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.7	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.6	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$402	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15505	$10026

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1689
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1686
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1670
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1678
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1675
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1634
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1623
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1600
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1648
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1640
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1519
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1523
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1633
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1569
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1455
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1583
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1484
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1456
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1469
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1456
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1489
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1455
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1568
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1583
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1499
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1538
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1498
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1493
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1400
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1494
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1498
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1514
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1487

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