Male vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$805	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$244
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	47
😀 Quality of life	64	55
🏙️ Population	133K	1.57M

The cost of living in Male is 132% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4552nd and 8262nd ($1311 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 38th in Maldives and Iran, respectively. Check Maldives vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 5347th and 6346th 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	$6.02	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$1920

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698