Male vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$835	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1657
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	7	95
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	133K	2.6M

The cost of living in Male is 10% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 4218th and 4516th ($1284 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 Taipei. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4858th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Taipei

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	Male	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$19102

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589