Global CityIntelligence

Bahrain / Middle East

Manama City Intelligence

Manama is Bahrain's compact capital and a long-standing Gulf-region financial-services hub. Manama is a middle east city of about ~0.7M metro in Bahrain. On the composite city-intelligence score, Manama sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~0.7M metro
View of Manama, Bahrain

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Overall score

Use the Manama profile to compare cost framing, country-level context, and Gulf-region resilience alongside Doha and Dubai.

Overall70/100
Affordability68/100
Air quality60/100
Energy65/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Manama data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Manama city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living68/100Manama's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality60/100Manama's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy65/100Manama's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety65/100Manama's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed68/100Manama's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Manama's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience60/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety74/100
Low crime76/100
Personal safety75/100
Night safety69/100
Road safety72/100

Manama is estimated to be a generally safe city (74/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life67/100
Healthcare73/100
Education73/100
Green space41/100
Cleanliness74/100
Infrastructure82/100
Mobility57/100

Manama has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (67/100), with notable strengths in infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness68/100
Education73/100
Green space41/100
Overall safety74/100

Manama scores high for family living (68/100), helped by safety.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability69/100
Walkability56/100
Cycling38/100
Infrastructure82/100

Manama is high for remote workers (69/100), based on connectivity, affordability and safety and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability68/100
Healthcare73/100
Cleanliness74/100
Outdoor lifestyle20/100

Manama is high for retirement (68/100), appealing for affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Manama

Local public safety guidance for Manama, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Manama, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Bahrain emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Manama

Healthcare context for Manama, with national-level information from Bahrain where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Manama, see the Bahrain healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Manama

Local mobility context for Manama, with national-level context from Bahrain where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Manama, see the Bahrain transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Manama. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Manama

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Manama will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Manama air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Manama modules

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Cost of Living in Manama

Manama's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Manama

Manama's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Manama

Manama's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Manama

Manama's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Manama

Manama's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Manama

Manama's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Manama

Cost of living estimates for Manama — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Manama

Climate profile for Manama — Desert climate, annual average 25.4°C, comfort score 56/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Manama

Economy and jobs profile for Manama — government center, economy score 69/100, key industries including government, energy, finance. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Manama

Education profile for Manama — regional education center, education score 61/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Manama

Healthcare and retirement profile for Manama — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 65/100, retirement score 60/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Manama

Estimate a monthly budget for Manama using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Manama

Plan a trip budget for Manama using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Manama

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Manama. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Doha, Qatar

Cross-border · about 140 km from Manama. Explore Doha's city intelligence profile.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Cross-border · about 426 km from Manama. Explore Riyadh's city intelligence profile.

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Cross-border · about 435 km from Manama. Explore Kuwait City's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Manama profile to compare cost framing, country-level context, and Gulf-region resilience alongside Doha and Dubai. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (68/100) and internet speed (68/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Bahrain country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Manama appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.