Male vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$818	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$323
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$863
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	21
😀 Quality of life	66	46
🏙️ Population	133K	6.71M

The cost of living in Male is 45% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 4439th and 6158th ($1320 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yancheng ranked 242nd in China, while ranked 5057th and 7008th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Yancheng

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	Male	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$227
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$28.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$434
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$18627

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$663
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$664
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$617
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$654
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$651
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$602
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$610
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$597
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$622
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$590
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$621
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$537
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$597
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$547
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$601
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$602
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$612
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$753
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$564
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$632
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$679
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$567
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$696
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$674
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$639
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$558
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$673
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$771
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$696
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$546
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$509
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1003