Fort Worth vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fort Worth	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2219	$941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5426	$2515
🏠 One person rent	$1306	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$653
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4183	$1212
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	81	93
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	919K	2.35M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 136% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1451st and 6085th ($2219 vs $941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1204th 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 1.3 months in Taoyuan. Fort Worth ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 163rd and 373rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Taoyuan

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	Fort Worth	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$25.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$5.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1389	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1024	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$761
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1874	$528
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.3	$20.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2560	$8065
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1869	$5166
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$3.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.87	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$9.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.9	$7.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.29	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$36.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.7	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1828	$541
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25647	$17081

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$882
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$937
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1108
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1257
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$709
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$796
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$997
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$957
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$888
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$879
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$889
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$910
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$668
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$910
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$841
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$654
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$634
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$630
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$903
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$723
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$705
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$763
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$682
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$634
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$697
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$698
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$610
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$465
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$602
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$598
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$667
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$617
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$464