Male vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$835	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$3155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	99
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	133K	2.15M

The cost of living in Male is 42% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4218th and 1216th ($1284 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Maldives and France, respectively. Check Maldives vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4858th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Paris

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	Male	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$16502

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381