London vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	London	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3427	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8384	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$2251	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$4328	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$393	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4627	$2207
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	44
😀 Quality of life	99	72
🏙️ Population	8.8M	298K

The cost of living in London is 171% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 37th and 4400th ($3427 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Bahrain, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in London compared to 1.7 months in Manama. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 2nd and 1915th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in London vs Manama

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	London	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.8	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.7	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2586	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1894	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5526	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3635	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$275	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.35%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17558	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10692	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.73	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.1	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.92	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$99	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2404	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25830	$10026

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3054
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2446
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2368
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2624
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2353
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2322
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2372
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2268
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2248
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2381
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2255
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2245
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2491
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2184
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2173
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2202
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2589
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2328
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2106
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2363
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2179
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2228
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2630
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2157
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2020
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2451
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2159
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2040
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2310
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1963
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2033
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2202
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2152
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2053
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2033
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2041
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2028
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2477
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2055

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