Karachi vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$188	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2298
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	63	46
😀 Quality of life	50	74
🏙️ Population	14.9M	298K

The cost of living in Karachi is 65% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 8872nd and 4263rd ($442 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Bahrain, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 6253rd and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Manama

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	Karachi	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$9896

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552

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