Manama vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manama	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1340	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3091	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$765	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1313	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2321	$2366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	45	93
😀 Quality of life	76	89
🏙️ Population	298K	1.4M

The cost of living in Manama is 29% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4453rd and 2377th ($1340 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.2 months in Prague. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1297th and 244th 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	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.74	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$904	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1009	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2618	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1965	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.56	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.31	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.42	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.5	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.6	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$403	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10985	$19039

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340