Male vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$818	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$5599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	66	98
🏙️ Population	133K	8.8M

The cost of living in Male is 69% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4439th and 4th ($1320 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 5057th and 11th 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	$5.55	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$22663

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174