Male vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$814	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	84
😀 Quality of life	62	81
🏙️ Population	133K	3.03M

The cost of living in Male is 46% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 4205th and 6071st ($1304 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Maldives and Taiwan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 4917th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Taichung

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	Male	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671