Male vs Omdurman - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Omdurman
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2092
🏠 One person rent	$814	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$200
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	48
😀 Quality of life	62	31
🏙️ Population	133K	2.81M

The cost of living in Male is 44% more expensive than in Omdurman. Cities ranked 4205th and 5997th ($1304 vs $908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Maldives and Sudan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Sudan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.2 months in Omdurman. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Omdurman ranked 2nd in Sudan, while ranked 4917th and 7979th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Omdurman

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	Male	Omdurman
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$6.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$636
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$29
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$44.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1234
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$847
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$9.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$8.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$3.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$16.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$3.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$28
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$59.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$2051

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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 Omdurman

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Khartoum	$888
19 km or 12 mi	Khartoum North	$877
278 km or 173 mi	Atbara	$1131
281 km or 174 mi	Kosti	$860
364 km or 226 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
368 km or 229 mi	El-Obeid	$855
423 km or 263 mi	Kassala	$1006
481 km or 299 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
639 km or 397 mi	Gondar	$897
641 km or 398 mi	Keren	$488
667 km or 414 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
687 km or 427 mi	Mendefera	$487
690 km or 428 mi	Malakal	$496
693 km or 430 mi	Asmara	$520
701 km or 435 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
746 km or 464 mi	Massawa	$486
792 km or 492 mi	Mekelle	$662
799 km or 496 mi	Al-Fashir	$960
912 km or 567 mi	Nyala	$974
926 km or 575 mi	Dessie	$838
936 km or 581 mi	Aswan	$329
961 km or 597 mi	Jeddah	$1146
1004 km or 624 mi	Mecca	$979
1006 km or 625 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1010 km or 628 mi	Jimma	$654
1013 km or 629 mi	Wau	$508
1057 km or 657 mi	Bor	$506
1069 km or 664 mi	Bareq	$902
1099 km or 683 mi	Yanbu	$829
1104 km or 686 mi	Abha	$910
1114 km or 692 mi	Luxor	$335
1129 km or 702 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
1161 km or 722 mi	Awasa	$886
1166 km or 724 mi	Qena	$362
1175 km or 730 mi	Bisha	$905
1178 km or 732 mi	Zabid	$482
1186 km or 737 mi	Dikhil	$542
1208 km or 751 mi	Juba	$513
1212 km or 753 mi	Sohag	$360
1214 km or 754 mi	Sa'dah	$482