Male vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$810	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$961
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	8
😀 Quality of life	64	49
🏙️ Population	133K	24.7K

The cost of living in Male is 19% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4490th and 3452nd ($1321 vs $1637) 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 5278th and 6808th 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	$6.01	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$8750

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415