Male vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$814	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	40
😀 Quality of life	62	48
🏙️ Population	133K	5.94M

The cost of living in Male is 69% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 4205th and 6559th ($1304 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and India, respectively. Check Maldives vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 4917th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Surat

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	Male	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$271
🔌 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	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340