Male vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$942
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$818	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$646
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1051
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	93
😀 Quality of life	66	84
🏙️ Population	133K	2.33M

The cost of living in Male is 40% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 4439th and 5995th ($1320 vs $942) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Maldives and Taiwan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.1 months in Taoyuan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 5057th and 482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Taoyuan

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	Male	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$665
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$8216
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$5253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$9.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$7.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$9.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$14970

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$868
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$993
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1135
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1313
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$695
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$802
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1030
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$914
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$894
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$914
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$634
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$894
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$854
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$628
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$628
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$621
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$615
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$901
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$707
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$700
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$753
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$616
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$696
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$697
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$666
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$600
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$454
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$586
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$672
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$604
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$451