Manama vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manama	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1375	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3148	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$807	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1414	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$396	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.6	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2188	$1671
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	44	92
😀 Quality of life	70	85
🏙️ Population	157K	1.36M

The cost of living in Manama is 10% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3950th and 3308th ($1375 vs $1531) 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 1.6 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 3031st and 273rd 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	$8.12	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.49	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.68	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$798	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.85%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2294	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1484	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.41	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.29	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.16	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.2	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10676	$11372

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002