Adelaide vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$810
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1372
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$44.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	50	8
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	1.39M	133K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 78% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 1178th and 4490th ($2355 vs $1321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Australia and Maldives, respectively. Check Australia vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.7 months in Male. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 75th and 5278th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Male

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	Adelaide	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$6.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$38.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$4.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$808
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$624
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$75.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	14.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2242
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1870
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$9.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$40.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$191
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$3305

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322