Male vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1691
🏠 One person rent	$818	$212
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$317
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$119
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	66	39
🏙️ Population	133K	2.44M

The cost of living in Male is 97% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 4439th and 7283rd ($1320 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Maldives and Cameroon, respectively. Check Maldives vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.2 months in Yaounde. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 5057th and 7830th 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	$5.55	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$52.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$205
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$192
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$76.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$53.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	9.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$616
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$17.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$6.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$24.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$8.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$18.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$1806

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1363
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$793
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$849
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$665
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$755
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$698
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1241
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$1413
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$397
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$708
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$494
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$674
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$961
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1774
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$563
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$878
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$1051
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$621
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$926
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$1044
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$632
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1514
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$810
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$644
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$781
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$536
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$664
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$526
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$644
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$596
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$505
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$852
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$836
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$393
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$778