Male vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1394
🏠 One person rent	$835	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$418
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$184
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	78
😀 Quality of life	63	67
🏙️ Population	133K	12.6M

The cost of living in Male is 154% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4218th and 8471st ($1284 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 532nd 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 1.2 months in Zhengzhou. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Zhengzhou ranked 29th in China, while ranked 4858th and 3944th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Zhengzhou

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	Male	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$452
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$8.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$5913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$1472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$2.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$93
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$5.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$4818

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$542
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$554
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$563
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$539
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$541
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$543
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$570
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$544
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$579
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$525
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$585
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$599
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$524
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$554
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$538
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$746
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$600
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$498
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$640
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$608
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$622
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$617
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$601
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$801
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$739
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1400
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$743
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$651
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$613
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$642
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$601
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$580
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$617