Lyon vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$773	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$2298
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	46
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	521K	298K

The cost of living in Lyon is 23% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 3152nd and 4263rd ($1570 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 1st in France and Bahrain, respectively. Check France vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 195th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Manama

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	Lyon	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$9896

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

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