Male vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$1141
🏠 One person rent	$810	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$310
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$32.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	55
😀 Quality of life	64	47
🏙️ Population	133K	2.11M

The cost of living in Male is 191% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 4490th and 8852nd ($1321 vs $453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 44th in Maldives and Indonesia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Medan ranked 15th in Indonesia, while ranked 5278th and 6943rd 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	$6.01	$1.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$3.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$196
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$67.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	9.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$1152
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$558
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$6.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$2.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$6.98
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$2.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$3.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$2.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$47.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$96.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$7769

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$449
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$439
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$555
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$530
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$762
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$720
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$677
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$527
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$743
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$616
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$741
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$545
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$798
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$654
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$610
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$592
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$617
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$488
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$707
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$466
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$759
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1010
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$784
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$836
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$737
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$576
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550