Male vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1837
🏠 One person rent	$814	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$349
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	62	24
🏙️ Population	133K	2.44M

The cost of living in Male is 75% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 4205th and 6685th ($1304 vs $747) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Maldives and Cameroon, respectively. Check Maldives vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Yaounde. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 4917th and 8653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Yaounde

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	Male	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$47.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$626
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$2.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$6.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$5.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$8.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$1631

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1265
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$555
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$764
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$655
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$553
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1121
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$741
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$384
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$668
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$482
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$621
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$883
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1611
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$462
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$805
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$972
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$900
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$881
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$900
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1502
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$820
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$665
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$759
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$522
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$651
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$513
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$634
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$533
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$486
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$743
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$850
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$371
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$779