Charlotte vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Charlotte	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2403	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5638	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1453	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2444	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4246	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	68	94
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	875K	4.05M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 117% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1073rd and 5023rd ($2403 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 918th and 2nd 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 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Charlotte ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 283rd and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs New Taipei

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	Charlotte	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1623	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2971	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4032	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2433	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.2	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.35	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.04	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.09	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1516	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24528	$18576

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2195
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2113
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2159
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2078
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1963
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1968
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2002
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2126
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1978
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2158
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2080
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2067
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1736
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1913
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2089
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2030
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2079
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1873
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2081
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1917
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2202
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2221
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2036
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1858
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2324
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1951
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2410
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1853
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1769
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1943
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2123
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2709
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2091
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1987
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1952

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602