Male vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$814	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$2528
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	52
😀 Quality of life	62	87
🏙️ Population	133K	686K

The cost of living in Male is 40% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4205th and 5882nd ($1304 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 732nd in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 4917th and 271st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shizuoka

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	Male	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$8368

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083