Luxembourg City vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2776	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6075	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$1866	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$3059	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1982
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	46
😀 Quality of life	89	77
🏙️ Population	136K	298K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 124% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 433rd and 4625th ($2776 vs $1237) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Luxembourg and Bahrain, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 279th and 1191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Manama

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	Luxembourg City	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.64	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3349	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.1	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.47%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12143	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.64	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.8	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.1	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.34	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.5	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.9	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16342	$8943

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1230
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1201
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$908
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$873
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1770
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$930
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1849
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$453
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$477
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$530
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$503
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$553
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1627
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$529
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$730
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2514
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$483
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1419
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2521
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$463
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$549
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$889
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1449
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1228
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534