Male vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$582
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$818	$185
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$286
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$622
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	7	16
😀 Quality of life	66	43
🏙️ Population	133K	9.03M

The cost of living in Male is 127% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 4439th and 7972nd ($1320 vs $582) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 235th 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 Zhoukou. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Zhoukou ranked 353rd in China, while ranked 5057th and 7341st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Zhoukou

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	Male	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$139
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$31.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$48.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$3146
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1612
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$1.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$25.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$6.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$23.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$4.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$14551

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$553
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$563
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$507
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$580
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$517
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$526
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$522
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$523
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$598
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$478
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$595
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$518
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$570
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$513
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$583
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$517
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$572
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$525
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$516
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$502
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$570
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$581
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$510
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$582
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$511
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$503
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$506
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$513
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$574
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$527
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$585
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$582
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$499