Male vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$2415
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$5363
🏠 One person rent	$810	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$2259
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$3517
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	86
😀 Quality of life	64	94
🏙️ Population	133K	2.79M

The cost of living in Male is 45% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4490th and 1059th ($1321 vs $2415) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Maldives and Canada, respectively. Check Maldives vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Toronto. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 5278th and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Toronto

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	Male	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$78.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$1469
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$2469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	4.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$8879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$6979
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$73.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$89.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$930
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$22670

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2233
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2308
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2172
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2102
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2318
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2124
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2006
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1892
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2017
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2078
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2081
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2049
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1449
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1832
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2138
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2109
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1936
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2303
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2123
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2181
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2125
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1953
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1863
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1706
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2046
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2035
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2053