Male vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$818	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	66	87
🏙️ Population	133K	4.04M

The cost of living in Male is 16% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4439th and 4867th ($1320 vs $1135) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5057th and 387th 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	$5.55	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589