Male vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$814	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	62	41
🏙️ Population	133K	6.23M

The cost of living in Male is 99% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 4205th and 7175th ($1304 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 100th in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 4917th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Xinyang

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	Male	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$8587

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558