Ahmedabad vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$166	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$1263
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	57	7
😀 Quality of life	54	62
🏙️ Population	7.65M	133K

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 65% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8848th and 4205th ($452 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 2nd in India and Maldives, respectively. Check India vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1 months in Male. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5984th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ahmedabad vs Male infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ahmedabad/male.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ahmedabad vs Male infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ahmedabad/male" target="_blank">Ahmedabad vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ahmedabad vs Male

Prices for goods and services in Ahmedabad and Male are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ahmedabad	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$3201

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360