Male vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$818	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	20
😀 Quality of life	66	49
🏙️ Population	133K	1.29M

The cost of living in Male is 190% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 4439th and 8852nd ($1320 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Libya, respectively. Check Maldives vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 5057th and 6694th 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	$5.55	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$919

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161