Manama vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$660	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$3556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	83
😀 Quality of life	77	93
🏙️ Population	298K	633K

The cost of living in Manama is 44% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4625th and 1455th ($1237 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Bahrain and Germany, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 1191st and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Manama	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763