Male vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$1725
🏠 One person rent	$809	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$739
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	7	19
😀 Quality of life	61	38
🏙️ Population	133K	7.01M

The cost of living in Male is 97% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4342nd and 7219th ($1295 vs $659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 153rd 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 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Zhumadian ranked 307th in China, while ranked 5145th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Male vs Zhumadian infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/male/zhumadian.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Male vs Zhumadian infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/male/zhumadian" target="_blank">Male vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Male vs Zhumadian

Prices for goods and services in Male and Zhumadian are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Male	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.57	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$21.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$364
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$72.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$3395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$1906
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$9322

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$587
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$612
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$599
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$683
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$610
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$619
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$655
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$568
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$571
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$614
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$647
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$559
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$673
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$541
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$614
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$542
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$647
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$622
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$623
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$531
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$599
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$535
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$775
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$659
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$521
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$681
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$594
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$626
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$606
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$511
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$633
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$525