Male vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$1038
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$3066
🏠 One person rent	$809	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1034
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$1869
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	7	99
😀 Quality of life	61	79
🏙️ Population	133K	1.33M

The cost of living in Male is 25% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 4342nd and 5386th ($1295 vs $1038) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 468th in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.8 months in Saitama. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Saitama ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 5145th and 592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Saitama

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	Male	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$6.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$2.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$378
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$1155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	1.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$5623
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$3881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$5.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$5.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$9.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$53
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$12701

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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 Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$964
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$980
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1000
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1038
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1016
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1056
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1059
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1061
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1033
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1062
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1060
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1031
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1077
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1095
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1050
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1641
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1052
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1062
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1095
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1057
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1065
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1075