Male vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1680
🏠 One person rent	$835	$198
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$58.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$359
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	26
😀 Quality of life	63	43
🏙️ Population	133K	2.44M

The cost of living in Male is 126% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 4218th and 7966th ($1284 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Maldives and Cameroon, respectively. Check Maldives vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Yaounde. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yaounde ranked 1st in Cameroon, while ranked 4858th and 6890th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Male	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$33
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$933
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	5.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$16.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$5.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$8.21
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$3.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$2.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$8.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$30
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$2559

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1300
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$761
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$860
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$683
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$436
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1242
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$990
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$237
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$697
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$462
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$233
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$330
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$327
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$507
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$290
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$325
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$354
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$651
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$866
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$351
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$866
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$315
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$288
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$269
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$264
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$272
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$510
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$272
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$489
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$243
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$616
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$467
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$825
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$210
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$250