Male vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$818	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	66	64
🏙️ Population	133K	1.47M

The cost of living in Male is 37% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4439th and 5881st ($1320 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5057th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Yekaterinburg

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	Male	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$7319

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617