Male vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$677
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1957
🏠 One person rent	$835	$261
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$557
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$828
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	61
😀 Quality of life	63	56
🏙️ Population	133K	9.4M

The cost of living in Male is 90% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 4218th and 6976th ($1284 vs $677) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 122nd in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in Ningbo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Ningbo ranked 36th in China, while ranked 4858th and 5865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Ningbo

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	Male	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$3.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$197
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$5184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$3305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$16.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$19.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$9.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$4.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$8.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$544
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$9922

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$690
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$755
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$719
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$596
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$831
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1190
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1074
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$725
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$735
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$771
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$731
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$1020
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$811
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$731
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$763
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$687
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$741
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$787
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$682
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$707
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$707
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$651
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$744
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$688
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$720
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$694
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$713
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$675
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$644
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$789
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$682
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$625
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$625
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$713
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$679
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$645
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$524