Male vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$805	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	8
😀 Quality of life	64	48
🏙️ Population	133K	24.7K

The cost of living in Male is 20% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4552nd and 3471st ($1311 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Maldives vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5347th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Victoria

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	Male	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.02	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419