Male vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$3039
🏠 One person rent	$809	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$989
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$1634
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	52
😀 Quality of life	61	67
🏙️ Population	133K	791K

The cost of living in Male is 17% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 4342nd and 4902nd ($1295 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 146th in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Niigata. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Niigata ranked 578th in Japan, while ranked 5145th and 3769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Niigata

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	Male	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$43.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$2.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$327
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$692
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$2976
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$2688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$7.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$5.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$26.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$87.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$15392

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046