Manama vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$660	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	77	60
🏙️ Population	298K	1.2M

The cost of living in Manama is 40% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4625th and 6322nd ($1237 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Bahrain and Russia, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 1191st and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Manama	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758