Chicago vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chicago	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2667	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6807	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$3056	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4901	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	2.75M	4.04M

The cost of living in Chicago is 152% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 483rd and 5212th ($2667 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 425th 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 Chicago compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 20th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs New Taipei

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	Chicago	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.62	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.12	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1974	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3828	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2594	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3158	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.2	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2457	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19423	$13786

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2427
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2463
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2424
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2375
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2376
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2177
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2307
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2344
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2352
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2326
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2367
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2412
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2393
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2292
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2305
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2360
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2358
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2268
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2292
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1950
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2293
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2296
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1975
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2276
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2392
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2363
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2276
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2380
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2269
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2280
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2134
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2331
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2002
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2357

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