Male vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$814	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	54
😀 Quality of life	62	66
🏙️ Population	133K	8.78M

The cost of living in Male is 102% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4205th and 7256th ($1304 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 4917th and 4015th 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	$5.5	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$20567

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936