Chicago vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chicago	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2613	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6659	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1594	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$3123	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$210	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5285	$1496
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	96	88
🏙️ Population	2.75M	4.36M

The cost of living in Chicago is 159% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 505th and 5229th ($2613 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 455th 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 2 months in Chicago compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 16th and 181st 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	$17.5	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.3	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1958	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3908	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2652	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.2	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3227	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2803	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.79	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15.7	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.71	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.85	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.3	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2675	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15494	$11035

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2476
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2544
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2446
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2346
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2387
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2199
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2257
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2326
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2317
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2300
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2290
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2323
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2295
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2245
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2282
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2244
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2264
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2215
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2264
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2204
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2258
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$2013
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2248
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2258
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2240
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2162
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$2030
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2257
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2253
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2269
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2250
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2267
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2264
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2238
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2239
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2089
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2221
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2038
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2241
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2240

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589