Male vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$814	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	99
😀 Quality of life	62	95
🏙️ Population	133K	2.15M

The cost of living in Male is 42% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4205th and 1222nd ($1304 vs $2267) 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 1 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 4917th and 25th 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	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$16193

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293