Male vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$818	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$969
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	66	78
🏙️ Population	133K	17.5M

The cost of living in Male is 50% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 4439th and 6334th ($1320 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5057th and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Shenzhen

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	Male	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634