Male vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$809
🏠 One person rent	$818	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	47
😀 Quality of life	66	43
🏙️ Population	133K	1.97M

The cost of living in Male is 295% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4439th and 9121st ($1320 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 21st in Maldives and Pakistan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 5057th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Male	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684