Luxembourg City vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$2298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	46
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	136K	298K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 91% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 870th and 4263rd ($2446 vs $1280) 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 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 199th and 1311th 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	$18.8	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$9896

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2266
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2330
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2205
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2160
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1584
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1363
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1351
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1348
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1359
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1339
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1351
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1352
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1359
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1364
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1368
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1528
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1333
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1371
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1368
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1194
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1356
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1182
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1486
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1486
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1393
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1399
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1478
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1400
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1479
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1502
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1490
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1507
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1553
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1413
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1476
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1477
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1500

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