Guangzhou vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guangzhou	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$322	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$267	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.1	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	97	7
😀 Quality of life	75	66
🏙️ Population	18.7M	133K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 43% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6838th and 4439th ($758 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in China and Maldives, respectively. Check China vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.7 months in Male. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 2100th and 5057th 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	$2.82	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.46	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.4	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9090	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3370	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.34	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.68	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.4	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14783	$3575

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677

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