Atlanta vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$1355
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	84
😀 Quality of life	90	81
🏙️ Population	499K	3.03M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 187% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 704th and 6071st ($2570 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th and 6th 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 Atlanta compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 165th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Taichung

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	Atlanta	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$18658

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671