Male vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$2659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$6362
🏠 One person rent	$810	$1646
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$2815
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$641
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$225
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$4246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	94
😀 Quality of life	64	95
🏙️ Population	133K	664K

The cost of living in Male is 50% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 4490th and 649th ($1321 vs $2659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Maldives vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.6 months in Rotterdam. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Rotterdam ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 5278th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Male	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$23.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$6.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$4.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$4.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$1650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$1348
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$2967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$2361
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$278
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$55.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$6135
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$3996
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$102
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$4.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$7.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$6.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$91.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$2772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$13092

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2424
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2491
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2389
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2112
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2608
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2755
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2407
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2247
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3165
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2564
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2460
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2662
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2296
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2399
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2185
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1739
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2111
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1834
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2341
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1829
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$2053
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2353
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1688
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2197
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1476
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799