Charlotte vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Charlotte	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6031	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1631	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2780	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4594	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	68	95
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	875K	4.04M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 147% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 574th and 5212th ($2615 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 508th 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 1.6 months in New Taipei. Charlotte ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 230th and 279th 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	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.95	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1394	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3455	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4378	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2768	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.26	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1274	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25869	$13786

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2313
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2178
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2270
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2115
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2146
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1971
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2155
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2194
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2012
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2142
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2081
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2052
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1530
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1844
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1917
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2094
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2105
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2110
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2110
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2162
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2281
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2012
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1857
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2399
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1955
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2509
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1908
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1872
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2122
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2596
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2126
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2076
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2088

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605