Male vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$814	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	7	29
😀 Quality of life	62	41
🏙️ Population	133K	1.13M

The cost of living in Male is 22% more expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 4205th and 5045th ($1304 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Maldives and Mozambique, respectively. Check Maldives vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 4917th and 6875th 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	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$5643

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628