Male vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$416
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$962
🏠 One person rent	$818	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$264
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$160
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$156
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	7	68
😀 Quality of life	66	50
🏙️ Population	133K	2.1M

The cost of living in Male is 218% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 4439th and 8945th ($1320 vs $416) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Maldives and Pakistan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Rawalpindi ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 5057th and 6592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Rawalpindi

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	Male	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$1.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$138
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$63.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$114
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	21.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$9.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$3.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$4.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$1.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$8.86
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$3.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$2.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$12.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$43.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$764

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$443
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$344
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$277
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$354
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$265
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$351
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$320
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$364
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$334
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$376
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$363
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$311
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$302
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$372
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$316
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$333
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$427
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$354
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$294
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$351
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$303
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$380
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$350
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$393
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$291
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$337
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$401
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$458
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$362
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$347
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$421
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$403
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$396
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$373
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$270