Manama vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manama	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3247	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$655	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2207	$1966
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	93
😀 Quality of life	72	83
🏙️ Population	298K	1.86M

The cost of living in Manama is 29% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4400th and 2592nd ($1267 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bahrain and Poland, respectively. Check Bahrain vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Manama compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Manama ranked 1st best city to live in Bahrain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 1915th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manama vs Warsaw

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	Manama	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.61	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.93	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.41%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1550	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$47.3	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.37	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.81	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.1	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$436	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$13474

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Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390