Manama vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$660	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	46	7
😀 Quality of life	77	57
🏙️ Population	298K	77.6K

The cost of living in Manama is 22% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4625th and 5469th ($1237 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Thailand, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 1191st and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Phuket

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	Manama	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866