Male vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$809	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$3590
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	86
😀 Quality of life	61	94
🏙️ Population	133K	2.79M

The cost of living in Male is 50% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4342nd and 656th ($1295 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and Canada, respectively. Check Maldives vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 5145th and 52nd 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	$5.57	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$18156

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085