Male vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1312
🏠 One person rent	$818	$172
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$293
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$250
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	66	57
🏙️ Population	133K	3M

The cost of living in Male is 163% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 4439th and 8663rd ($1320 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 66th in Maldives and Iran, respectively. Check Maldives vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Mashhad. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 5057th and 6167th 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	$5.55	$3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$8.48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	20.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$1174
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$4.33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$2.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$0.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$21.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$45.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$623

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684