Male vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$818	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$701
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	95
😀 Quality of life	66	69
🏙️ Population	133K	11.5M

The cost of living in Male is 26% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4439th and 5192nd ($1320 vs $1052) 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 5057th and 4142nd 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	$5.55	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$15428

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666