Male vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1105
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2690
🏠 One person rent	$814	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$1278
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$37.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$613
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	1
😀 Quality of life	62	11
🏙️ Population	133K	74.7K

The cost of living in Male is 18% more expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 4205th and 4807th ($1304 vs $1105) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Comoros, respectively. Check Maldives vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 4917th and 9179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Moroni

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	Male	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$5.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$1061
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$64.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$98
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$13253

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794