Kabul vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$195	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$1982
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	30	46
😀 Quality of life	33	77
🏙️ Population	4.27M	298K

The cost of living in Kabul is 63% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 8842nd and 4625th ($458 vs $1237) 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 0.2 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 8609th and 1191st 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	$2.45	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$8943

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1230
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1201
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$908
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$873
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1770
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$930
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1849
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$453
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$477
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$530
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$503
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$553
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1627
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$529
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$730
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2514
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$483
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1419
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2521
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$463
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$549
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$889
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1449
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1228
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534