Male vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1084
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$3226
🏠 One person rent	$835	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1512
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$220
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	63	41
🏙️ Population	133K	1.19M

The cost of living in Male is 18% more expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 4218th and 4791st ($1284 vs $1084) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Maldives and Mozambique, respectively. Check Maldives vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.2 months in Maputo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 4858th and 7059th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Maputo

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	Male	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$57.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$1202
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$49.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$105
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	21.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$3602
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$2315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$5.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$6.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$7.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$26.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$3971

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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

Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$978
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$447
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$558
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$739
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$866
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$746
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$631
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$741
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$755
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$783
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$889
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$908
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$776
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$780
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$637
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$875
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$751
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$845
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$701
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$682
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$535
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$605
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$511
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$837
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$511
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$656
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$719
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$631
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$554
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1014
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$689
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$603