Male vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$935
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$810	$450
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$780
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$313
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	48
😀 Quality of life	64	48
🏙️ Population	133K	1.64M

The cost of living in Male is 41% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4490th and 6043rd ($1321 vs $935) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1 months in Novosibirsk. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Novosibirsk ranked 40th in Russia, while ranked 5278th and 6891st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Novosibirsk

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	Male	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$7.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$6.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$918
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$594
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$72.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$9.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	23.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$2907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$1768
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$31.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$4.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$3.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$6.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$4.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$5680

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$785
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$754
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$630
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$795
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$787
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$780
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$585
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$586
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$559
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$602
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$837
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$819
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$954
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$545
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$575
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$571
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$784
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$763
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$553
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$500
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$687
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$1024
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$713
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$572
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$568
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$608
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$614
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$712
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$579
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$547
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$564
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$702
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$550
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$876
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952