Male vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$805	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	99
😀 Quality of life	64	96
🏙️ Population	133K	2.11M

The cost of living in Male is 47% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4552nd and 916th ($1311 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and France, respectively. Check Maldives vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5347th and 14th 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	$6.02	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$17184

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544