Male vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$858
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$814	$436
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$689
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	23
😀 Quality of life	62	56
🏙️ Population	133K	1.37M

The cost of living in Male is 52% more expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 4205th and 6234th ($1304 vs $858) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in Maldives and Turkey, respectively. Check Maldives vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.8 months in Samsun. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Samsun ranked 13th in Turkey, while ranked 4917th and 5708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Samsun

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	Male	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$5.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$8.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$458
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$31.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$47.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	39.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$4101
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$5.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$4.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$67.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$7315

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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 Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683