Male vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$915
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2130
🏠 One person rent	$818	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$677
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$88.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$111
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	7	29
😀 Quality of life	66	42
🏙️ Population	133K	1.13M

The cost of living in Male is 44% more expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 4439th and 6137th ($1320 vs $915) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Maldives and Mozambique, respectively. Check Maldives vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.1 months in Maputo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 5057th and 7527th 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	$5.55	$9.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$253
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$448
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$80.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$90.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	24.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$4181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$2063
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$5.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$9.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$4.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$7.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$36.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$5749

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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

Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$908
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$469
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$599
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$827
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$830
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$838
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$740
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$826
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$892
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$975
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$984
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$890
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$892
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$706
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$984
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$875
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$940
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$808
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$762
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$650
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$577
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$514
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$873
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$598
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$637
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$536
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$996
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$901
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$607