Houston vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	2.3M	2.33M

The cost of living in Houston is 159% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1229th and 6171st ($2265 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th and 7th 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 Houston compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 97th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Houston	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$18619

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

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