Male vs Tangerang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Tangerang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1529
🏠 One person rent	$814	$243
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$45.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$306
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	78
😀 Quality of life	62	58
🏙️ Population	133K	2.24M

The cost of living in Male is 134% more expensive than in Tangerang. Cities ranked 4205th and 8142nd ($1304 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th in Maldives and Indonesia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Tangerang. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tangerang ranked 5th in Indonesia, while ranked 4917th and 5471st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Tangerang

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	Male	Tangerang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$432
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$49.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$76
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$23.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	9.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1727
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$474
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$9.22
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$9.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$2.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$3.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$38.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$62.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$7618

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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 Tangerang

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.7 mi	South Tangerang	$536
24 km or 15 mi	Jakarta	$701
32 km or 20 mi	Depok	$385
41 km or 26 mi	Bekasi	$518
50 km or 31 mi	Bogor	$513
54 km or 33 mi	Serang	$492
71 km or 44 mi	Cilegon	$488
89 km or 55 mi	Sukabumi	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Cimahi	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Bandung	$545
173 km or 107 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
189 km or 117 mi	Metro	$432
216 km or 134 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Cirebon	$521
248 km or 154 mi	Banjar	$490
287 km or 178 mi	Tegal	$480
314 km or 195 mi	Cilacap	$474
345 km or 215 mi	Pekalongan	$471
405 km or 251 mi	Prabumulih	$417
411 km or 255 mi	Palembang	$395
427 km or 265 mi	Semarang	$493
445 km or 276 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
446 km or 277 mi	Salatiga	$421
450 km or 279 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
487 km or 303 mi	Surakarta	$417
526 km or 327 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
552 km or 343 mi	Bengkulu	$500
564 km or 350 mi	Madiun	$486
610 km or 379 mi	Jambi	$458
621 km or 386 mi	Kediri	$464
645 km or 401 mi	Blitar	$453
656 km or 408 mi	Mojokerto	$505
677 km or 421 mi	Batu	$410
685 km or 425 mi	Surabaya	$549
690 km or 429 mi	Malang	$365
711 km or 442 mi	Pasuruan	$510
747 km or 464 mi	Probolinggo	$614
748 km or 465 mi	Pontianak	$427
825 km or 513 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
829 km or 515 mi	Singkawang	$430