Male vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$818	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	53
😀 Quality of life	66	70
🏙️ Population	133K	8.78M

The cost of living in Male is 113% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4439th and 7641st ($1320 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 138th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 5057th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Quanzhou

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	Male	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941