Manama vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manama	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1340	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3091	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$765	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$1313	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2321	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	56
😀 Quality of life	76	91
🏙️ Population	298K	526K

The cost of living in Manama is 24% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4453rd and 2992nd ($1340 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Bahrain and Germany, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 1297th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Nuremberg

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	Manama	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.74	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$904	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1009	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2618	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1965	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.56	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.31	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.42	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.5	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.6	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$403	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10985	$19685

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729