Kathmandu vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kathmandu	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1153	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$147	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$283	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$188	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.3	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$1018
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	28	7
😀 Quality of life	45	61
🏙️ Population	846K	133K

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 66% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8885th and 4342nd ($443 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Nepal and Maldives, respectively. Check Nepal vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kathmandu compared to 0.8 months in Male. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 6524th and 5145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Male

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	Kathmandu	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.48	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.71	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.7	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$359	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$208	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.1	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.76%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2306	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1201	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.86	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.35	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.99	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.3	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.65	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.33	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.84	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.7	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4063	$3225

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$311
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$335
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$321
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$377
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$339
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$356
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$297
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$331
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$303
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$314
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$337
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$331
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$316
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$312
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$930
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$365
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$293
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$387
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$461
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$311
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$298
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$393
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$285
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$284
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$273
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$396
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$279
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$309
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$288
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$282
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$329
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$330

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352