Guangzhou vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Guangzhou	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$742	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2255	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$333	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$834	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1117	$1041
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	97	7
😀 Quality of life	75	63
🏙️ Population	18.7M	133K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 42% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6607th and 4218th ($742 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 1st in China and Maldives, respectively. Check China vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.8 months in Male. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 955th and 4858th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Male

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	Guangzhou	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1120	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.66%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10173	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4278	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.23	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.55	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.3	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.5	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$423	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18235	$3438

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620

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