Male vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$805	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	8	90
😀 Quality of life	64	94
🏙️ Population	133K	1.51M

The cost of living in Male is 48% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4552nd and 889th ($1311 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Germany, respectively. Check Maldives vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5347th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Munich

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	Male	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.02	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$16629

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748