Male vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$810	$518
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$1734
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	16
😀 Quality of life	64	57
🏙️ Population	133K	886K

The cost of living in Male is 27% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 4490th and 5290th ($1321 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.7 months in Tabuk. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5278th and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Tabuk

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	Male	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$6.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$604
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$59.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$1579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$24.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$6.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$21.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$3.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$663
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$8604

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$818
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$429
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$2054
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$856
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$919
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$686
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$334
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$338
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$742
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2014
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1933
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1810
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$2038
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$2060
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1149
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$977
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2145
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$753
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$2133
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1032
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$862
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1205
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$538
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2305
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2201
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2465
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2354
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2336
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587