Male vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2170
🏠 One person rent	$809	$429
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$677
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$62.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$937
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	7	55
😀 Quality of life	61	51
🏙️ Population	133K	39K

The cost of living in Male is 36% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4342nd and 5974th ($1295 vs $952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Maldives and the Palestine, respectively. Check Maldives vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 5145th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Ramallah

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	Male	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$5.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$520
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$34.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	6.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$1208
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$8.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$7.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$5.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$3.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$61.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$8.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$3782

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$934
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1536
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1768
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2115
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1866
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$730
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1741
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$705
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$721
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2020
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1751
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1872
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1815
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2085
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1838
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$847
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$692
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2045
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1671