Male vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$818	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	8
😀 Quality of life	66	63
🏙️ Population	133K	24.7K

The cost of living in Male is 17% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4439th and 3601st ($1320 vs $1585) 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 0.5 months in Victoria. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5057th and 5581st 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	$5.55	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420