Male vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$814	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	49
😀 Quality of life	62	58
🏙️ Population	133K	1.63M

The cost of living in Male is 87% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4205th and 6907th ($1304 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 26th in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 4917th and 5517th 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	$5.5	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648