Abidjan vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$439	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	34	95
😀 Quality of life	37	86
🏙️ Population	4.98M	2.6M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 14% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5348th and 4534th ($1022 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ivory Coast and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7322nd and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Taipei

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	Abidjan	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.2	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581