Manama vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manama	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1309	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3020	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$724	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1242	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2278	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	45
😀 Quality of life	76	68
🏙️ Population	298K	1.08M

The cost of living in Manama is 79% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4555th and 7085th ($1309 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Bahrain and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1317th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Nur-Sultan

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	Manama	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.78	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.7	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.44	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.02	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$548	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$971	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.23%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2317	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.8	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.31	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.43	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.82	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.38	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.6	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$350	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10032	$6043

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1192
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1109
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$931
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1037
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$823
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1923
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2014
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$465
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$489
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$545
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$523
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$565
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1632
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$541
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$707
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2420
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$492
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1473
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2183
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$487
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$556
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1457
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1214
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537