Manama vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manama	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1375	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3148	$857
🏠 One person rent	$807	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$1414	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$396	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.6	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2188	$175
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	44	48
😀 Quality of life	70	42
🏙️ Population	157K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manama is 291% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 3950th and 9085th ($1375 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Bahrain and Pakistan, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Peshawar ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 3031st and 6943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Peshawar

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	Manama	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.12	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.49	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.68	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$798	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.85%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2294	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1484	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.1	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.41	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.29	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.16	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.2	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10676	$457

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632