Honolulu vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honolulu	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3020	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7218	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1911	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$3660	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$797	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4236	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	62	95
😀 Quality of life	86	86
🏙️ Population	351K	2.6M

The cost of living in Honolulu is 156% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 151st and 4534th ($3020 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 134th and 1st 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 1.4 months in Honolulu compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Honolulu ranked 79th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 301st and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Honolulu vs Taipei

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

	Honolulu	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.71	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$6.94	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.36	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1923	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1611	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3723	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.7	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8598	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8022	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.98	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.7	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.6	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.67	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.55	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.24	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.7	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.5	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1364	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19966	$19749

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Honolulu

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	East Honolulu	$2769
16 km or 10 mi	Pearl	$2562
19 km or 12 mi	Waipahu	$2620
24 km or 15 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2566
152 km or 94 mi	Kahului	$3034
191 km or 118 mi	Kauai	$2735
267 km or 166 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3306
339 km or 211 mi	Hilo	$2328
2149 km or 1335 mi	London	$513
3662 km or 2275 mi	Djarrit	$1494
3674 km or 2283 mi	Majuro	$1488
3836 km or 2383 mi	Eureka	$2044
3840 km or 2386 mi	Ukiah	$2929
3843 km or 2388 mi	Pacifica	$3183
3847 km or 2390 mi	Daly	$3190
3848 km or 2391 mi	San Bruno	$3195
3849 km or 2392 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
3849 km or 2392 mi	Millbrae	$3226
3850 km or 2392 mi	Windsor	$2894
3852 km or 2393 mi	Rohnert Park	$2952
3852 km or 2393 mi	San Rafael	$3997
3852 km or 2394 mi	Burlingame	$3269
3853 km or 2394 mi	Petaluma	$3319
3853 km or 2394 mi	Novato	$3115
3854 km or 2395 mi	San Francisco	$3905
3855 km or 2395 mi	Santa Rosa	$2929
3855 km or 2396 mi	San Mateo	$3678
3856 km or 2396 mi	Belmont	$3657
3858 km or 2397 mi	San Carlos	$3344
3859 km or 2398 mi	South Tarawa	$514
3859 km or 2398 mi	Foster	$3466
3859 km or 2398 mi	Redwood	$3649
3860 km or 2398 mi	Monterey	$2856
3860 km or 2399 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
3863 km or 2400 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
3864 km or 2401 mi	Seaside	$1995
3866 km or 2402 mi	Richmond	$3004
3866 km or 2402 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
3867 km or 2403 mi	San Pablo	$2999
3867 km or 2403 mi	Los Altos	$3159

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581