Male vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1182
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$818	$673
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$906
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1300
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	22
😀 Quality of life	66	70
🏙️ Population	133K	1.41M

The cost of living in Male is 12% more expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 4439th and 4743rd ($1320 vs $1182) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Maldives and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.1 months in Medina. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Medina ranked 6th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5057th and 4114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Medina

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	Male	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$5.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$505
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$633
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$89.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$3803
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1109
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$5.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$1.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$7.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$25.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$67
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$5508

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$791
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1155
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$1162
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$940
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$825
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$862
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$967
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1069
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$918
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$964
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$769
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$346
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$903
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$354
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$517
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$348
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$365
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$428
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1627
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$782
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1734
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$798
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$911
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$645
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$398
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$718
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1910
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1855
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1645
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$271
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$837
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$1021
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1867
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1879
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$1009
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$860
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$987