Male vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$809	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	95
😀 Quality of life	61	87
🏙️ Population	133K	4.04M

The cost of living in Male is 22% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4342nd and 5212th ($1295 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Maldives and Taiwan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5145th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs New Taipei

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	Male	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$13786

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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

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605