Male vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$749
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1883
🏠 One person rent	$835	$372
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$493
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1122
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	7	49
😀 Quality of life	63	54
🏙️ Population	133K	7.1M

The cost of living in Male is 71% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 4218th and 6575th ($1284 vs $749) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 49th 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 Yantai. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Yantai ranked 40th in China, while ranked 4858th and 6005th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Yantai

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	Male	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$3.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$408
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$53.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$81.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	4.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$3967
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$7428
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$8.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$4.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$4.91
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$93.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$68.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$433
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$23682

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$679
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$669
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$649
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$708
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$630
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$625
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$633
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$665
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$594
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$600
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$653
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$601
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$623
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$591
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$530
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$507
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$548
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$581
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$542
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$555
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$544
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$575
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$506
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$525
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$562
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$667
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$538
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$637
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$531
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$572
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$585
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$667
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$572
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$585
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$607
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$608
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$643
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$677