r/Bahrain • u/PerformanceNew8085 • 13h ago

☝️ AskBH Expat EWA

Hey guys i'm about to rent a 3 bedroom apartment. I'm an expat and wanna know about how much i'll be spending on EWA in the summer and winter.

Can people tell me the size of the apartments they live in and on average how much they usually spend on EWA as an expat?

I just wanna get an idea 🤔 so i can start budgeting.

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u/ShallotEcstatic6419 12h ago

I pay BHD 150 monthly during summer for my villa ewa. Keep in my we are only 3 people. The more residents, the more the bill.

Last year my relatives visited me during summer, and all the 5 rooms were occupied with AC on most of the time. Boom got a BHD 320 EWA bill that month.

It all depends.

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u/idkjustgivemeany tahina filfil zyada 6h ago

atleast 150-200BD :/

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u/Kingy10 5h ago

Starting price is 10% of your rent + whatever power and water you use.

Our summer bill is usually 200-220BD, and our winter 90-100BD.

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u/Low-Tomorrow-2400 5h ago

Average per month be 120 to 150 BD , regardless summer or winter.

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u/enimeuge 4h ago

When it comes to apartments, there are mainly a few things to consider. If you live on the top floor of a high rise building, you'll experience significantly more heat during the summer, especially from the roof and sun facing walls. You'd be surprised by how much heat concrete retains. Similar apartments on the ground floor and lower levels can use around 30% less electricity for cooling. newer buildings have better insulation in the blockwork.

The other major factor is your air conditioning system. Large, ducted HVAC systems generally consume more electricity than individual mini split units. My previous apartment had a large, three phase ducted HVAC system that consumed a lot of electricity compared to a mini split.

so you see its very hard to give a ballpark without more specifics. also expats have to pay 10 percent of your rent to municipality with the ewa as well.

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u/Difficult-Egg3541 1h ago

Excellent point. May I also add that having the AC units cleaned 1-2 times a year helps reduce the bill. That’s often overlooked.

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u/Historical-Common530 52m ago

Pls ensure that your building has separate water meters for each apartment.

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u/rajrain 2h ago

Older villas have larger bills because the appliances aren't as efficient.

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u/Difficult-Egg3541 1h ago

The bill in a 1 bedroom on the ground floor facing north east costs about 45bd in EWA in August - on the basis that the owner covers part of the bill (which I didn’t count in the 45bd) + the municipality tax.

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u/PerformanceNew8085 48m ago

what i'm understanding at this point is i should go for ewa inclusive haha, that's so much!!

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u/AdImpressive9695 2m ago

2bhk and and my summer bill is like 110 and lowest in winter is 55ish.. Yearly average is 75-80/month

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u/AhmedAlkooheji مدينة عيسى 🗼 12h ago

3 bedroom expat is probably 70 bhd minimum. Goes up from there if a/c on rotation or not everyone goes to work/school. Inverter can only do so much if the a/c tonnage is lower so keep that in mind as well.