Manama vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$660	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	46	90
😀 Quality of life	77	94
🏙️ Population	298K	1.51M

The cost of living in Manama is 50% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4625th and 920th ($1237 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Germany, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 1191st and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Munich

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	Manama	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$14492

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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

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730