Manama vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manama	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1309	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3020	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$724	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$1242	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2278	$4075
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	45	84
😀 Quality of life	76	93
🏙️ Population	298K	633K

The cost of living in Manama is 40% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4555th and 1578th ($1309 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Bahrain and Germany, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 1317th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Stuttgart

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	Manama	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.78	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.7	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.44	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.02	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$548	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$971	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.9	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.23%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2317	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.8	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.31	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.43	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.82	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.38	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.2	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.6	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$350	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10032	$18457

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1192
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1109
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$931
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1037
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$823
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1923
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2014
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$465
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$489
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$545
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$523
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$565
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1632
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$541
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$707
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2420
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$492
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1473
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2183
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$487
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$556
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1457
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1214
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792