Manama vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manama	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1309	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3020	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$724	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$1242	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2278	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	8
😀 Quality of life	76	48
🏙️ Population	298K	24.7K

The cost of living in Manama is 20% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4555th and 3471st ($1309 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Bahrain vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 1317th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Victoria

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	Manama	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.78	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.7	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.44	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.02	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$548	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$971	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.9	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.23%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2317	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.8	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.8	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.31	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.43	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.82	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.38	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.2	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.6	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$350	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10032	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419