Manama vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manama	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1340	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3091	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$765	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1313	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2321	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	45
😀 Quality of life	76	69
🏙️ Population	298K	1.08M

The cost of living in Manama is 63% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4453rd and 6663rd ($1340 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1297th and 4272nd 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	$6.61	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.74	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$904	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1009	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2618	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1965	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.56	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.31	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.42	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.5	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.6	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$403	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10985	$6976

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553