Male vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$857
🏠 One person rent	$835	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	48
😀 Quality of life	63	42
🏙️ Population	133K	1.97M

The cost of living in Male is 265% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4218th and 9085th ($1284 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Maldives and Pakistan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Peshawar ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 4858th and 6943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Male	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$457

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632