Male vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1518
🏠 One person rent	$835	$226
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$433
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$221
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$47
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$431
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	23
😀 Quality of life	63	41
🏙️ Population	133K	1.34M

The cost of living in Male is 127% more expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 4218th and 7971st ($1284 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 59th in Maldives and Turkey, respectively. Check Maldives vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.8 months in Samsun. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Samsun ranked 59th in Turkey, while ranked 4858th and 7036th 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	$4.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$46.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$11.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	36.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1548
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$432
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$9.42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$5.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$5.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$6.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$1.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$26
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$3.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$88.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$10901

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$516
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$651
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$556
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$551
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$476
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$490
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$469
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$547
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$512
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$555
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$556
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$499
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$572
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$580
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$463
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$416
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$431
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$522
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$519
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$315
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$498
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$800
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$567
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$490
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$532
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$571
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$683
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$397
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$554
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$622
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$545
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$591
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$519
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$530
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$594
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$618
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$521
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$815
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$628