Manama vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$655	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$1262
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	44	96
😀 Quality of life	72	74
🏙️ Population	298K	13M

The cost of living in Manama is 18% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4400th and 5091st ($1267 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Russia, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1915th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Moscow

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	Manama	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$11652

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541