Male vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$403
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$954
🏠 One person rent	$818	$139
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$224
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$49.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$124
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	66	25
🏙️ Population	133K	1.87M

The cost of living in Male is 228% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 4439th and 8968th ($1320 vs $403) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and Pakistan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.3 months in Multan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Multan ranked 22nd in Pakistan, while ranked 5057th and 8960th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Multan

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	Male	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$98.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$63.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$177
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$53.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$82.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	23.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$1420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$7.72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$6.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$7.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$3.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$2.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$1.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$11.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$2.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$7.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$2.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$14.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$39.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$1267

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$362
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$347
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$294
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$351
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$303
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$291
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$333
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$372
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$376
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$290
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$427
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$302
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$322
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$380
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$320
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$340
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$393
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$364
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$311
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$277
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$337
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$344
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$334
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$291
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$336
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$401
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$284
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$421
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$262
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$322
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$354
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$335