Male vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$814	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	21
😀 Quality of life	62	40
🏙️ Population	133K	6.71M

The cost of living in Male is 45% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 4205th and 6043rd ($1304 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 4917th and 6955th 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	$5.5	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984