Manama vs Vaduz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manama	Vaduz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1280	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$6070
🏠 One person rent	$675	$1263
🏘️ Family rent	$1427	$2491
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$899
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2298	$6224
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	46	29
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	298K	5.67K

The cost of living in Manama is 49% less expensive than in Vaduz. Cities ranked 4263rd and 791st ($1280 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Liechtenstein, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Liechtenstein comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Manama compared to 2.5 months in Vaduz. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Vaduz ranked 1st in Liechtenstein, while ranked 1311th and 535th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Vaduz

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	Manama	Vaduz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.92	$33.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$16.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.31	$6.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.26	$5.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$3.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$1064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$2640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1155	$2138
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$65.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.7%	7.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2589	$15241
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$4760
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$82.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.6	$46.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$2.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$3.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$9.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$25.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$22.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$50
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$3.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$5.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$6.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.36	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$74.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$22.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$42
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$116
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90	$160
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$377	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$8122

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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 Vaduz

Distance	City	Cost of living
3 km or 1.9 mi	Schaan	$2352
12 km or 7.7 mi	Feldkirch	$1818
32 km or 20 mi	Chur	$2344
33 km or 21 mi	St. Gallen	$2464
34 km or 21 mi	Lustenau	$1641
35 km or 22 mi	Dornbirn	$1660
44 km or 27 mi	Bregenz	$1690
47 km or 29 mi	Lindau	$1561
51 km or 32 mi	Wil	$2262
53 km or 33 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861
57 km or 36 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1656
59 km or 36 mi	Wetzikon	$2893
62 km or 38 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2614
64 km or 40 mi	Konstanz	$1731
65 km or 40 mi	Uster	$2974
65 km or 40 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
65 km or 40 mi	Wangen im Allgau	$1732
66 km or 41 mi	Frauenfeld	$2379
71 km or 44 mi	Sonthofen	$1560
71 km or 44 mi	Horgen	$2976
72 km or 45 mi	Ravensburg	$1795
72 km or 45 mi	Winterthur	$3032
74 km or 46 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
75 km or 46 mi	Weingarten	$1731
75 km or 47 mi	Uberlingen	$1641
76 km or 47 mi	Baar	$3099
76 km or 47 mi	Zug	$3426
78 km or 49 mi	Radolfzell	$1609
79 km or 49 mi	Zurich	$3296
83 km or 52 mi	Altstetten	$3037
85 km or 53 mi	Leutkirch im Allgau	$1668
85 km or 53 mi	Bulach	$2873
86 km or 54 mi	Singen	$1555
89 km or 55 mi	Bad Waldsee	$1688
89 km or 55 mi	Kempten	$1502
89 km or 56 mi	Dietikon	$2934
91 km or 57 mi	Schaffhausen	$2419
93 km or 58 mi	Lucerne	$2931
93 km or 58 mi	Emmen	$2897
95 km or 59 mi	Kriens	$2891