Male vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$818	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	82
😀 Quality of life	66	71
🏙️ Population	133K	5.65M

The cost of living in Male is 36% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4439th and 5813th ($1320 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 5057th and 3397th 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	$5.55	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566