Male vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2705
🏠 One person rent	$835	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$399
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$76.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	7	74
😀 Quality of life	63	82
🏙️ Population	133K	1.87M

The cost of living in Male is 41% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 4218th and 5887th ($1284 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 1.4 months in Tainan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 4858th and 364th 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	$5.5	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$651
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$695
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$50
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$25.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$2852
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$2187
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$17.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$9.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$9.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$9.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$9.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$734
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$11040

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$725
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$791
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$952
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$857
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$890
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$995
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$746
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$860
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$917
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$861
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$851
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$863
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1011
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$689
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$721
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$860
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$675
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$664
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$588
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$716
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$738
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$694
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$799
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$667
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$678
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1083
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$744
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$787
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$891
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$655
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$837
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$741