Indianapolis vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1050
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	71	93
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	888K	2.33M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 150% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1378th and 6171st ($2189 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 191st and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$18619

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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 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