Manama vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$824
🏠 One person rent	$675	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	46	48
😀 Quality of life	74	40
🏙️ Population	298K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manama is 270% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4263rd and 9093rd ($1280 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Bahrain and Pakistan, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Manama compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 1311th and 6958th 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	$6.92	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$518

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596