Manama vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$655	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$1865
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	44	92
😀 Quality of life	72	86
🏙️ Population	298K	1.38M

The cost of living in Manama is 23% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4400th and 3084th ($1267 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bahrain and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Bahrain vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1915th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Prague

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	Manama	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$12545

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141