Male vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$814	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	62	55
🏙️ Population	133K	2.96M

The cost of living in Male is 53% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4205th and 6253rd ($1304 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 4917th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Tashkent

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	Male	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785