Male vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$814	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	62	50
🏙️ Population	133K	3M

The cost of living in Male is 157% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 4205th and 8574th ($1304 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 84th in Maldives and Iran, respectively. Check Maldives vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 4917th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Mashhad

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	Male	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788