Chittagong vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chittagong	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$312	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$835	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$82.9	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$203	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$1789
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	45	95
😀 Quality of life	45	86
🏙️ Population	2.58M	2.6M

The cost of living in Chittagong is 73% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 9199th and 4715th ($312 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Bangladesh and Taiwan, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Chittagong compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Chittagong ranked 2nd best city to live in Bangladesh vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6529th and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Chittagong vs Taipei infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/chittagong/taipei.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chittagong vs Taipei infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chittagong/taipei" target="_blank">Chittagong vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chittagong vs Taipei

Prices for goods and services in Chittagong and Taipei are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Chittagong	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$0.96	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.65	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.16	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.9	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$48.6	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$148	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.9	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.5	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.48%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.17	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.33	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.88	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.12	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.68	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$44.4	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$938	$18424

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$295
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$380
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$461
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$301
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$271
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$428
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$339
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$593
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$290
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$296
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$256
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$353
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$588
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$356
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$341
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$360
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$360
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$343
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$391
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$342
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$335
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$340
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$343
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$344
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$336
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$332
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$335
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$334
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$408
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$338
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$336
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$338
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$390
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$307
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$282
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$366

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605