Male vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$809	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	61	79
🏙️ Population	133K	24.9M

The cost of living in Male is 14% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4342nd and 4780th ($1295 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.7 months in Shanghai. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5145th and 571st 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	$5.57	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$31401

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774