Male vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$2856
🏠 One person rent	$810	$538
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$954
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$331
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$843
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	96
😀 Quality of life	64	75
🏙️ Population	133K	11.5M

The cost of living in Male is 17% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4490th and 4918th ($1321 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Brazil, respectively. Check Maldives vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 5278th and 1670th 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	$6.01	$7.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$42.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$8.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$2.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$1.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$405
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$1195
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$747
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$64.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$97.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$2685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$1939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$44.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$9.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$48.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$486
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$15990

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$821
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$759
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$783
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$765
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$700
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$793
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$713
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$664
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$737
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$713
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$761
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$716
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$715
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$737
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$717
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$753
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$720
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$848
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$746
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$747
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$713
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$722
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$752
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$733
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$723
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$706
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$721
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$710
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$794
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$776
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$673
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$728
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$687
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$901
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$700
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$716
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$720