Hamburg City vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	84	93
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	1.91M	2.33M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 129% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1818th and 6171st ($2007 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 40th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Taoyuan

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	Hamburg City	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$18619

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443