Male vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$818	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	77
😀 Quality of life	66	68
🏙️ Population	133K	12.6M

The cost of living in Male is 162% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4439th and 8651st ($1320 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 5057th and 4484th 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	$5.55	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563