Male vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1032
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2465
🏠 One person rent	$835	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$622
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1784
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	7	41
😀 Quality of life	63	54
🏙️ Population	133K	1.68M

The cost of living in Male is 24% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 4218th and 5103rd ($1284 vs $1032) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Maldives and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Mecca ranked 8th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4858th and 6051st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Mecca

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	Male	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$275
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	7.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$1095
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$99.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$23.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$6.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$7.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$3.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$6.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$5.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$127
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$26.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$4.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$38.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$4708

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1100
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$938
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$892
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$844
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$920
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$923
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$860
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$1047
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$879
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$466
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$467
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$467
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$1013
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$498
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$996
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$466
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1095
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1061
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$280
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1642
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$523
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$467
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1000
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$404
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$800
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$466
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$434
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$443
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$470
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$440
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$857
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$481
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$854
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$625
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$490