Kazan vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$2822
🏠 One person rent	$493	$805
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$866
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	54	8
😀 Quality of life	64	64
🏙️ Population	1.33M	133K

The cost of living in Kazan is 29% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6157th and 4552nd ($929 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd in Russia and Maldives, respectively. Check Russia vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.7 months in Male. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5470th and 5347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Male

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	Kazan	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.39	$6.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$9.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$620
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$1472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1144
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$74.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$72.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	14.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$2247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$1903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$75.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$4.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$193
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$3300

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327