Manama vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$660	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$3732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	77	97
🏙️ Population	298K	2.15M

The cost of living in Manama is 51% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4625th and 843rd ($1237 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and France, respectively. Check Bahrain vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1191st and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Paris

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	Manama	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488