Male vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$688
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2056
🏠 One person rent	$835	$286
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$615
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$65.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1041
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	90
😀 Quality of life	63	73
🏙️ Population	133K	13.9M

The cost of living in Male is 87% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 4218th and 6886th ($1284 vs $688) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 104th in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Tianjin. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Tianjin ranked 8th in China, while ranked 4858th and 1662nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Tianjin

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	Male	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$410
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$454
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$43
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$65.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$7346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$2792
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$2.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$9.65
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$13.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$6.95
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$70.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$3.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$42.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$76.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$547
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$16123

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$667
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$733
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$650
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$607
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$772
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$633
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$677
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$583
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1065
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$713
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$633
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$587
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$594
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$678
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$637
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$466
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$572
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$643
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$539
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$592
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$621
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$549
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$650
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$506
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$700
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$555
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$569
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$667
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$545
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$598
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$525
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$570
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$587
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$538
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$486
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$525
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$600