Male vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$827
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$2080
🏠 One person rent	$805	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$322
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	47
😀 Quality of life	64	56
🏙️ Population	133K	2.96M

The cost of living in Male is 59% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4552nd and 6652nd ($1311 vs $827) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.4 months in Tashkent. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5347th and 6254th 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	$6.02	$5.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$4.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$626
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$53.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	23.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$1857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$3.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$8.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$3.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$2.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$25.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$42.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$309
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$10127

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$736
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$609
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$562
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$585
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$635
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$590
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$619
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$653
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$553
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$561
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$653
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$521
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$692
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$477
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$447
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$484
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$533
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$735
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$621
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$513
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$436
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$757
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$503
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$454
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$616
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$580
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$457
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$575
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$565
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$866