Male vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$818	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	93
😀 Quality of life	66	89
🏙️ Population	133K	1.4M

The cost of living in Male is 26% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4439th and 2821st ($1320 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5057th and 277th 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	$5.55	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284