Male vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$818	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$3894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	66	94
🏙️ Population	133K	664K

The cost of living in Male is 50% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 4439th and 689th ($1320 vs $2615) 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 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 5057th and 67th 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	$5.55	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$13809

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671