Male vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$814	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	62	95
🏙️ Population	133K	8.8M

The cost of living in Male is 71% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4205th and 3rd ($1304 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and the United States, respectively. Check Maldives vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 4917th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs New York City

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	Male	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111