Manama vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manama	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1237	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$660	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$1136	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.7	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1982	$3535
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	46	98
😀 Quality of life	77	95
🏙️ Population	298K	1.97M

The cost of living in Manama is 42% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4625th and 1640th ($1237 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Austria, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Manama compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 1191st and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Vienna

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	Manama	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.59	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.6	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$740	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.61%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2794	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.01	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.5	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8943	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946