Adelaide vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$1041
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	50	7
😀 Quality of life	92	63
🏙️ Population	1.3M	133K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 70% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 1333rd and 4218th ($2180 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Maldives, respectively. Check Australia vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Male. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 75th and 4858th 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	$19.5	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$3438

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339