Male vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$931
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2751
🏠 One person rent	$809	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$99.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$1368
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	84
😀 Quality of life	61	80
🏙️ Population	133K	3.03M

The cost of living in Male is 39% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 4342nd and 6052nd ($1295 vs $931) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and Taiwan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 5145th and 496th 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	$5.57	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$346
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$70.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$6258
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$4300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$3.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$6.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$313
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$13638

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$841
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$818
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$698
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$761
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$707
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$864
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$868
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1060
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$745
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1158
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$841
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$1028
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$801
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$661
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$654
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$666
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$821
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$807
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$683
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$673
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$642
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$719
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$605
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$592
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$776
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$691
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$795
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$726
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$712
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$643
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$719
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$702
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$716