Manama vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$675	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$794
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	46	47
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	298K	276K

The cost of living in Manama is 61% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 4263rd and 6461st ($1280 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bahrain and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Manama compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 1311th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Sarajevo

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	Manama	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.92	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768