Male vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$814	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	50
😀 Quality of life	62	48
🏙️ Population	133K	1.57M

The cost of living in Male is 122% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4205th and 7787th ($1304 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th in Maldives and Iran, respectively. Check Maldives vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 4917th and 6352nd 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	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$2161

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723