Lucknow vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$116	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$2298
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	62	46
😀 Quality of life	52	74
🏙️ Population	3.38M	298K

The cost of living in Lucknow is 71% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 9042nd and 4263rd ($366 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1st in India and Bahrain, respectively. Check India vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 6090th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Manama

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	Lucknow	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$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	$126	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$9896

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292

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