Male vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$814	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$3493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	62	93
🏙️ Population	133K	664K

The cost of living in Male is 45% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 4205th and 1038th ($1304 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Maldives and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Maldives vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 4917th and 68th 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	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$10730

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514