Male vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$818	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	66	73
🏙️ Population	133K	13.3M

The cost of living in Male is 8% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4439th and 4141st ($1320 vs $1438) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5057th and 2664th 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	$5.55	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772