Male vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$814	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	53
😀 Quality of life	62	44
🏙️ Population	133K	2.11M

The cost of living in Male is 171% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 4205th and 8745th ($1304 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 47th in Maldives and Indonesia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 4917th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Medan

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	Male	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501