Male vs Palembang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Palembang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$991
🏠 One person rent	$814	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$172
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$48.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	38
😀 Quality of life	62	36
🏙️ Population	133K	1.54M

The cost of living in Male is 231% more expensive than in Palembang. Cities ranked 4205th and 8967th ($1304 vs $395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 77th in Maldives and Indonesia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.7 months in Palembang. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Palembang ranked 33rd in Indonesia, while ranked 4917th and 7425th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Palembang

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	Male	Palembang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$1.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$8.24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$2.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$3.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$88.4
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$65.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$146
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$99.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$21.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$32.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	8.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$678
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$8.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$3.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$2.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$12.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$2.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$17.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$1.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$16.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$32.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$7821

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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 Palembang

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Prabumulih	$417
201 km or 125 mi	Jambi	$458
204 km or 127 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
214 km or 133 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
245 km or 152 mi	Metro	$432
278 km or 172 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
292 km or 182 mi	Bengkulu	$500
363 km or 226 mi	Cilegon	$488
381 km or 237 mi	Serang	$492
411 km or 255 mi	Tangerang	$558
427 km or 265 mi	South Tangerang	$536
427 km or 265 mi	Jakarta	$701
435 km or 270 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
438 km or 272 mi	Bekasi	$518
443 km or 275 mi	Depok	$385
458 km or 285 mi	Batam	$539
461 km or 286 mi	Bogor	$513
486 km or 302 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
488 km or 303 mi	Singapore City	$3059
499 km or 310 mi	Sukabumi	$563
506 km or 314 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
531 km or 330 mi	Cimahi	$500
537 km or 334 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
539 km or 335 mi	Padang	$883
539 km or 335 mi	Bandung	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
581 km or 361 mi	Kluang	$679
591 km or 367 mi	Cirebon	$521
606 km or 377 mi	Pontianak	$427
611 km or 380 mi	Muar	$682
615 km or 382 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
635 km or 395 mi	Dumai	$543
637 km or 396 mi	Singkawang	$430
639 km or 397 mi	Malacca	$669
642 km or 399 mi	Banjar	$490
649 km or 403 mi	Tegal	$480
696 km or 432 mi	Pekalongan	$471
706 km or 439 mi	Cilacap	$474
709 km or 440 mi	Seremban	$604
741 km or 460 mi	Putrajaya	$532