Male vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$814	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	62	74
🏙️ Population	133K	13.1M

The cost of living in Male is 5% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4205th and 4359th ($1304 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 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 4917th and 1187th 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	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592