Kabul vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$203	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$2298
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	30	46
😀 Quality of life	14	74
🏙️ Population	4.27M	298K

The cost of living in Kabul is 63% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 8769th and 4263rd ($474 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Bahrain, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 9071st and 1311th 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	$2.38	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$9896

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476

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