Male vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$818	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	20
😀 Quality of life	66	46
🏙️ Population	133K	6.44M

The cost of living in Male is 103% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 4439th and 7433rd ($1320 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 5057th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shangrao

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	Male	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620