Male vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$805	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$4075
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	84
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	133K	633K

The cost of living in Male is 40% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4552nd and 1578th ($1311 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and Germany, respectively. Check Maldives vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 5347th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Stuttgart

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	Male	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.02	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$18457

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792