Male vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$835	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	50
😀 Quality of life	63	52
🏙️ Population	133K	1.57M

The cost of living in Male is 112% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4218th and 7596th ($1284 vs $606) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Maldives and Iran, respectively. Check Maldives vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 4858th and 6176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shiraz

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	Male	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$2132

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698