Male vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2664
🏠 One person rent	$835	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$881
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$460
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	95
😀 Quality of life	63	64
🏙️ Population	133K	12.4M

The cost of living in Male is 23% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4218th and 5031st ($1284 vs $1042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Maldives and Brazil, respectively. Check Maldives vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.4 months in Sao Paulo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 4858th and 4799th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Sao Paulo

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	Male	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$560
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1043
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$696
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$93.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$22.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	10.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$2704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$1879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$50.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$8.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$9.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$5.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$28.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$7.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$60.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$12031

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$733
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$744
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$680
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$690
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$711
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$669
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$674
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$645
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$680
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$651
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$652
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$680
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$662
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$677
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$678
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$662
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$657
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$813
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$649
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$678
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$659