Male vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$805	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$2285
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	8	70
😀 Quality of life	64	78
🏙️ Population	133K	7.01M

The cost of living in Male is 20% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4552nd and 3529th ($1311 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5347th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Riyadh

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	Male	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.02	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$9443

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487