Male vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$814	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1530
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	52
😀 Quality of life	62	67
🏙️ Population	133K	791K

The cost of living in Male is 23% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 4205th and 5101st ($1304 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 306th in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 4917th and 3754th 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	$5.5	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$15118

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052