Male vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$818	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$976
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	7	29
😀 Quality of life	66	49
🏙️ Population	133K	6.17M

The cost of living in Male is 71% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4439th and 6772nd ($1320 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 30th in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 5057th and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Maoming

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	Male	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$16634

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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

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941