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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 222 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking | |
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| 😄 Happiness | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Middle East | |
| 🚩 Country | Bahrain | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 29°C 85°F + Humid (67%) = feels 32°C 90°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 153 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Batelco | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BHD 100 = USD 265 | |
| 💻 Best coworking space | RUKN | |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Batelco | |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Lilou | |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | MAYAN Coffee Shop & Lounge | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people | |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes | |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% | |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 65% 👱♀️ 35% | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Agoda | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gulf Air | |
| 🏥 Best hospital | The International Hospital of Bahrain | |
😷 Air quality in Manama is very bad (153 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,978 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,599 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,187 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $911 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $796 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $117 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $886 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $42 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (49 listings) | $2,619 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $86 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.53 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1.78 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 9535° hot | 11345° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11848° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10038° hot | 8228° warm | 7323° mild |
| Real | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 9133° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8127° warm | 7323° mild |
| Humidity | nice 51% | nice 50% | nice 50% | nice 50% | nice 42% | nice 46% | nice 49% | nice 53% | nice 55% | nice 55% | nice 50% | nice 56% |
| Rain | dry 1mm | dry 9mm | dry 5mm | dry 15mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 11mm | dry 20mm |
| Cloud | pockets 38% | pockets 23% | pockets 14% | pockets 33% | pockets 15% | clear 1% | clear 3% | clear 8% | clear 7% | clear 5% | pockets 20% | pockets 18% |
| Air quality | okay 112 US AQI | okay 128 US AQI | okay 131 US AQI | okay 112 US AQI | okay 143 US AQI | okay 146 US AQI | okay 149 US AQI | okay 148 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI | okay 131 US AQI | okay 101 US AQI | okay 119 US AQI |
| Sun | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people |
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