Male vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$810	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$2366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	93
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	133K	1.4M

The cost of living in Male is 30% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4490th and 2377th ($1321 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Maldives vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5278th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Prague

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	Male	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$19039

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340