Arlington vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1050
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	73	83
🏙️ Population	394K	2.33M

The cost of living in Arlington is 115% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 2153rd and 6171st ($1883 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 7th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 1499th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$18619

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443