Male vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2181
🏠 One person rent	$809	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$77.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	38
😀 Quality of life	61	43
🏙️ Population	133K	6.98M

The cost of living in Male is 66% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 4342nd and 6518th ($1295 vs $781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 39th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Zhanjiang ranked 152nd in China, while ranked 5145th and 6686th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Zhanjiang

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	Male	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$2.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$18
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$456
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$883
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$56
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$10
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	4.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$5666
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$3311
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$18.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$6.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$5.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$9.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$46.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$67.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$594
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$20188

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$774
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$774
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$671
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$660
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$794
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$895
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$614
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$725
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$839
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$824
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$819
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$572
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$623
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$830
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$577
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$491
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$778
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$586
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1590
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$602
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$592
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$641
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$607
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$763
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$780
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$808
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$606
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$678
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$958
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2427
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$565
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$523
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$783
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$538
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$601