Changhua vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changhua	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2423	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$308	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$764	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1485	$1263
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	83	7
😀 Quality of life	62	62
🏙️ Population	225K	133K

The cost of living in Changhua is 38% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6385th and 4205th ($813 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Taiwan and Maldives, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Changhua compared to 1 months in Male. Changhua ranked 14th best city to live in Taiwan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 4970th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changhua vs Male

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	Changhua	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.44	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.77	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.7	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.08%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5666	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3781	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.34	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.35	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.25	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.3	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.3	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17014	$3201

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Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671

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