Fort Worth vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$1355
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	82	84
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	919K	3.03M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 156% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 1178th and 6071st ($2289 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd and 6th 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 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 210th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Fort Worth vs Taichung 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/fort-worth/taichung.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Fort Worth vs Taichung infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/fort-worth/taichung" target="_blank">Fort Worth vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Fort Worth vs Taichung

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

	Fort Worth	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$18658

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671