Manama vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manama	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1375	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3148	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$807	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1414	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$396	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.6	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2188	$3867
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	44	91
😀 Quality of life	70	94
🏙️ Population	157K	1.49M

The cost of living in Manama is 37% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 3950th and 1315th ($1375 vs $2188) 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 1.8 months in Munich. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 3031st and 48th 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	$8.12	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.49	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.68	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$798	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.85%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2294	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1484	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.1	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.41	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.29	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.16	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.2	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10676	$18334

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599