Indianapolis vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Indianapolis	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2374	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5581	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1437	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2329	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$656	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4148	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	888K	4.05M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 114% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1140th and 5023rd ($2374 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 975th and 2nd 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 1.7 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Indianapolis ranked 82nd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 289th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs New Taipei

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	Indianapolis	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.1	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.94	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.67	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.24	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1555	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2660	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1908	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.1	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2259	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1739	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.35	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.33	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.8	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1809	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25946	$18576

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2074
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1928
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2053
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2034
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2011
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1992
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2035
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1855
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1954
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1678
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1806
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2086
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1691
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1497
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1968
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1830
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2022
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1536
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1911
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1952
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1994
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1993
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1554
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1924
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2343
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1904
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1895
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2122
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1908
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1901
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1833
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1849
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1752
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1864
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1931

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602