Male vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$835	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	63	73
🏙️ Population	133K	12.5M

The cost of living in Male is 26% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4218th and 5167th ($1284 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4858th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Moscow

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	Male	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517