Indianapolis vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$942
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$646
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$1051
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	70	93
😀 Quality of life	91	84
🏙️ Population	888K	2.33M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 153% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1089th and 5995th ($2382 vs $942) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th 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 Indianapolis compared to 1.1 months in Taoyuan. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 186th and 482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$665
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$8216
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$5253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$9.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$7.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$14970

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$868
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$993
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1135
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1313
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$695
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$802
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1030
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$914
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$894
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$914
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$634
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$894
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$854
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$628
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$628
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$621
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$615
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$901
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$707
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$700
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$753
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$616
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$696
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$697
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$666
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$600
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$454
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$586
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$672
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$604
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$451