Cape Town vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cape Town	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2144	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$484	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.2	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1518	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	55	95
😀 Quality of life	60	87
🏙️ Population	434K	2.6M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 25% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6078th and 4516th ($881 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and Taiwan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cape Town compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Cape Town ranked 3rd best city to live in South Africa vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5406th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Taipei

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	Cape Town	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.47	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.94	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1202	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$749	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.51	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.22	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.4	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$172	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4013	$19102

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589