Male vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$818	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	7	56
😀 Quality of life	66	44
🏙️ Population	133K	43.9K

The cost of living in Male is 23% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4439th and 5084th ($1320 vs $1072) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 5057th and 7218th 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	$5.55	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$4130

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850