Hengyang vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hengyang	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$216	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$311	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.7	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$729	$1263
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	44	7
😀 Quality of life	43	62
🏙️ Population	6.65M	133K

The cost of living in Hengyang is 55% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7767th and 4205th ($590 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 276th and 2nd in China and Maldives, respectively. Check China vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Hengyang compared to 1 months in Male. Hengyang ranked 140th best city to live in China vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 6669th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hengyang vs Male

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	Hengyang	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.64	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$517	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$199	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3292	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3135	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.69	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.9	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.23	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.4	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8454	$3201

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Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600

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