Male vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$814	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	24
😀 Quality of life	62	39
🏙️ Population	133K	6.56M

The cost of living in Male is 120% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4205th and 7740th ($1304 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 4917th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shaoyang

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	Male	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600