Male vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$818	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	66	85
🏙️ Population	133K	1.86M

The cost of living in Male is 33% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4439th and 2069th ($1320 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Poland, respectively. Check Maldives vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5057th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Warsaw

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	Male	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349