Kharkiv vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$207	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$2298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	56	74
🏙️ Population	1.42M	298K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 60% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 8600th and 4263rd ($506 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Bahrain, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 5713th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Manama

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	Kharkiv	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$9896

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549

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