Indianapolis vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Indianapolis	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2129	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5041	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$366
🏘️ Family rent	$1916	$939
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$392
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4818	$1361
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	84
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	888K	3.03M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 114% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 1474th and 5356th ($2129 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1308th and 3rd 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Taichung. Indianapolis ranked 27th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 146th and 343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Taichung

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	Indianapolis	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.3	$3.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.3	$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$3.14
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1305	$372
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2169	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$814
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$44
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$69.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.8	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$5254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1547	$4416
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.9	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.77	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.21	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$6.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$2.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.2	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.73	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$6.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$108	$41.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$96
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.5	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1858	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27248	$13893

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2019
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2034
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2032
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2002
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1988
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1973
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1992
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1906
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1950
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1795
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1896
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2212
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1775
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1596
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1944
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1850
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2127
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1846
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1465
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1840
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1732
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1913
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1889
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1486
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1826
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1803
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$1938
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1844
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1659
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$1907
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1709
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1721
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1919
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1844
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1904
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1857
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1798

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$890
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$857
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$746
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$791
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$725
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$860
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$917
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$861
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1011
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$863
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1169
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$913
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$860
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$952
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$675
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$676
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$689
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$851
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$664
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$721
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$694
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$678
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$667
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$744
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$589
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$588
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$787
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$716
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$799
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$738
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$735
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$655
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$741
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$719
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$721