Indianapolis vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	95
😀 Quality of life	89	86
🏙️ Population	888K	2.6M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 85% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1378th and 4534th ($2189 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 191st and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Taipei

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	Indianapolis	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$19749

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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