Male vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$809	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$846
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	82
😀 Quality of life	61	67
🏙️ Population	133K	5.38M

The cost of living in Male is 48% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4342nd and 6204th ($1295 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 5145th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Saint Petersburg

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	Male	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$6847

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525