Male vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$814	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	7	19
😀 Quality of life	62	38
🏙️ Population	133K	7.01M

The cost of living in Male is 105% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4205th and 7314th ($1304 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 137th in Maldives and China, respectively. Check Maldives vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 4917th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Zhumadian

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	Male	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$8598

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504