Male vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$824
🏠 One person rent	$814	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	48
😀 Quality of life	62	40
🏙️ Population	133K	1.97M

The cost of living in Male is 277% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4205th and 9093rd ($1304 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 20th in Maldives and Pakistan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 4917th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Peshawar

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	Male	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596