Male vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$4464
🏠 One person rent	$835	$1251
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1909
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$157
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$3795
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	133K	592K

The cost of living in Male is 36% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 4218th and 1756th ($1284 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Maldives and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Maldives vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.9 months in Rotterdam. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Rotterdam ranked 3rd in the Netherlands, while ranked 4858th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Rotterdam

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	Male	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$5.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$1267
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$1009
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$1585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$231
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$40.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$5063
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$3486
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$2.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$4.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$9.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$20.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$1521
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$12166

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1804
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$1886
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2205
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1822
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2055
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2465
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1833
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2545
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$1894
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$1981
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1919
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1897
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1647
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2001
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1376
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1965
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1650
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$1756
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1631
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1818
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1909
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1539
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1971
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1413
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413