Male vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$587
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1358
🏠 One person rent	$835	$286
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$482
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$20.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$369
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	1
😀 Quality of life	63	13
🏙️ Population	133K	74.7K

The cost of living in Male is 119% more expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 4218th and 7786th ($1284 vs $587) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Maldives and Comoros, respectively. Check Maldives vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 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 4858th and 9189th 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	$1.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$17.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$433
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$278
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$66.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	10.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$772
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$14.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$4.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$6.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$2.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$8.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$1.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$33.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$4.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$4.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$28
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$58.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$94.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$3033

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$585
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1144
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1127
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$1165
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$762
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$706
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$600
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$622
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$332
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$600
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$493
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$326
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$327
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$992
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$461
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$332
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$363
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$452
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$338
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$581
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$337
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$457
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$536
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$970
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$571
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1014
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$428
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$524
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1176
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$993
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$646
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$530
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$645
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$486
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$761