Kabul vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$1375
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$3148
🏠 One person rent	$276	$807
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$1414
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$2188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	44
😀 Quality of life	21	70
🏙️ Population	4.27M	157K

The cost of living in Kabul is 59% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7972nd and 3950th ($567 vs $1375) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Afghanistan and Bahrain, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 8953rd and 3031st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Manama

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	Kabul	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$8.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$54.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$7.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$11.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$5.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$798
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$612
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	7.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$2294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$1484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$37.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$25.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$1.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$9.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$21.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$3.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$8.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$4.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$74.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$10676

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604