Male vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$470
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1199
🏠 One person rent	$835	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$362
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$51.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$291
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	20
😀 Quality of life	63	48
🏙️ Population	133K	1.29M

The cost of living in Male is 173% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 4218th and 8679th ($1284 vs $470) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Maldives and Libya, respectively. Check Maldives vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Tripoli. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 4858th and 6385th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Tripoli

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	Male	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$6.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$0.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$476
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$247
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	17.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$425
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$4.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$8.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$26.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$1.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$30.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$48.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$68.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$911

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$377
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$386
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$407
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$390
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$389
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$398
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$340
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$435
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$328
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1338
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1278
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1469
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1657
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1608
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1708
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1670
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$423
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$390
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$418
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1120
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$927
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1027
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$983
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1103
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$514
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$596
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$466
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1163
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$474
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1050
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$355
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$979
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1150
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$388
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$371
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936