Male vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$818	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	7
😀 Quality of life	66	57
🏙️ Population	133K	77.6K

The cost of living in Male is 30% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4439th and 5469th ($1320 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Thailand, respectively. Check Maldives vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 5057th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Phuket

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	Male	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866