Kabul vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$285	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$2207
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	44
😀 Quality of life	13	72
🏙️ Population	4.27M	298K

The cost of living in Kabul is 53% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7801st and 4400th ($599 vs $1267) 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 1.7 months in Manama. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 9123rd and 1915th 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	$2.69	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$10026

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

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