Male vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$818	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	49
😀 Quality of life	66	63
🏙️ Population	133K	1.64M

The cost of living in Male is 62% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4439th and 6617th ($1320 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 5057th and 5603rd 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	$5.55	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$4627

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821