Male vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$818	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	7	74
😀 Quality of life	66	83
🏙️ Population	133K	1.87M

The cost of living in Male is 48% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 4439th and 6262nd ($1320 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th in Maldives and Taiwan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 5057th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Tainan

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	Male	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$6518

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696