Male vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$809	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$1275
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	7	74
😀 Quality of life	61	80
🏙️ Population	133K	1.87M

The cost of living in Male is 54% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 4342nd and 6292nd ($1295 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th 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 Tainan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 5145th and 499th 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	$5.57	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$18526

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719