Chennai vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$152	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	78	95
😀 Quality of life	66	86
🏙️ Population	6.6M	2.6M

The cost of living in Chennai is 64% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8897th and 4534th ($430 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in India and Taiwan, respectively. Check India vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4021st and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Taipei

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	Chennai	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$19749

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581