Male vs Omdurman - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Omdurman
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$910
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2087
🏠 One person rent	$818	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$760
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	54
😀 Quality of life	66	37
🏙️ Population	133K	2.81M

The cost of living in Male is 45% more expensive than in Omdurman. Cities ranked 4439th and 6170th ($1320 vs $910) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.2 months in Omdurman. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Omdurman ranked 1st in Sudan, while ranked 5057th and 8150th 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	$5.55	$5.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$6.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$620
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$295
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$28.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$44.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$52.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	30.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1156
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$7.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$8.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$7.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$5.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$3.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$4.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$6.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$25.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$67.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$83.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$1919

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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 Omdurman

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Khartoum	$896
19 km or 12 mi	Khartoum North	$879
278 km or 173 mi	Atbara	$1116
281 km or 174 mi	Kosti	$857
364 km or 226 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
368 km or 229 mi	El-Obeid	$867
423 km or 263 mi	Kassala	$971
481 km or 299 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
639 km or 397 mi	Gondar	$1016
641 km or 398 mi	Keren	$500
667 km or 414 mi	Port Sudan	$964
687 km or 427 mi	Mendefera	$498
690 km or 428 mi	Malakal	$508
693 km or 430 mi	Asmara	$533
701 km or 435 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
746 km or 464 mi	Massawa	$499
792 km or 492 mi	Mekelle	$826
799 km or 496 mi	Al-Fashir	$944
912 km or 567 mi	Nyala	$960
926 km or 575 mi	Dessie	$1039
936 km or 581 mi	Aswan	$348
961 km or 597 mi	Jeddah	$1155
1004 km or 624 mi	Mecca	$1162
1006 km or 625 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
1010 km or 628 mi	Jimma	$802
1013 km or 629 mi	Wau	$520
1057 km or 657 mi	Bor	$519
1069 km or 664 mi	Bareq	$903
1099 km or 683 mi	Yanbu	$791
1104 km or 686 mi	Abha	$911
1114 km or 692 mi	Luxor	$365
1129 km or 702 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
1161 km or 722 mi	Awasa	$1031
1166 km or 724 mi	Qena	$428
1175 km or 730 mi	Bisha	$918
1178 km or 732 mi	Zabid	$499
1186 km or 737 mi	Dikhil	$559
1208 km or 751 mi	Juba	$527
1212 km or 753 mi	Sohag	$398
1214 km or 754 mi	Sa'dah	$498