Male vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$835	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1455
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	63	78
🏙️ Population	133K	24.9M

The cost of living in Male is 8% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4218th and 4461st ($1284 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 Shanghai. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4858th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shanghai

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	Male	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$28143

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740