Lahore vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$163	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2298
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	46	74
🏙️ Population	11.1M	298K

The cost of living in Lahore is 68% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 8934th and 4263rd ($411 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 Lahore compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 6486th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Manama

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	Lahore	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$9896

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

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