Islamabad vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$199	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$1050
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	69	93
😀 Quality of life	49	83
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2.33M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 49% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 8870th and 6171st ($442 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 6313th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Taoyuan

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	Islamabad	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$18619

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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