Guangzhou vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guangzhou	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$333	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$850	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.2	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	97	7
😀 Quality of life	75	61
🏙️ Population	18.7M	133K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 41% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6602nd and 4342nd ($763 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 2nd in China and Maldives, respectively. Check China vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 1036th and 5145th 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	$3.58	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10222	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4345	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.1	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.15	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.76	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.4	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.06	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.2	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15919	$3225

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352