Kazan vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$458	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	54	7
😀 Quality of life	65	66
🏙️ Population	1.33M	133K

The cost of living in Kazan is 34% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6377th and 4439th ($868 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 5213th and 5057th 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	$7.32	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$3575

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327