Male vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$814	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1236
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	58
😀 Quality of life	62	62
🏙️ Population	133K	5.95M

The cost of living in Male is 154% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 4205th and 8539th ($1304 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Maldives and India, respectively. Check Maldives vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 4917th and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Pune

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	Male	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$1975

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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 Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367