Las Vegas vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Las Vegas	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2271	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1389	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4042	$1050
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	51	93
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	642K	2.33M

The cost of living in Las Vegas is 160% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1211th and 6171st ($2271 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 1.8 months in Las Vegas compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Las Vegas ranked 75th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 290th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Las Vegas	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$6.11	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1329	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2493	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1986	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3295	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2677	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.93	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.69	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.3	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1017	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13572	$18619

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Cities near Las Vegas

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	North Las Vegas	$2260
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Paradise	$2322
16 km or 10 mi	Enterprise	$2343
18 km or 11 mi	Summerlin South	$2261
21 km or 13 mi	Henderson	$2566
78 km or 48 mi	Pahrump	$2235
127 km or 79 mi	Bullhead	$1852
147 km or 91 mi	Kingman	$1926
174 km or 108 mi	St. George	$2126
181 km or 112 mi	Washington	$2146
202 km or 125 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
221 km or 137 mi	Barstow	$2749
236 km or 146 mi	Ridgecrest	$2115
241 km or 150 mi	Twentynine Palms	$2592
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar	$2083
254 km or 158 mi	Yucca Valley	$2141
263 km or 163 mi	Apple Valley	$2550
266 km or 165 mi	Victorville	$2568
273 km or 169 mi	Adelanto	$2840
275 km or 171 mi	Desert Hot Springs	$2471
277 km or 172 mi	Hesperia	$2657
289 km or 179 mi	Cathedral	$2421
289 km or 180 mi	Blythe	$2763
290 km or 180 mi	Palm Springs	$2389
290 km or 180 mi	Indio	$2619
292 km or 181 mi	Coachella	$2778
294 km or 183 mi	Palm Desert	$2578
294 km or 183 mi	Yucaipa	$2502
295 km or 183 mi	Highland	$2888
296 km or 184 mi	Banning	$2501
297 km or 184 mi	La Quinta	$2619
299 km or 186 mi	San Bernardino	$2447
299 km or 186 mi	Redlands	$2768
300 km or 186 mi	Beaumont	$2544
303 km or 188 mi	Prescott	$2466
304 km or 189 mi	Loma Linda	$2726
305 km or 190 mi	Colton	$3060
306 km or 190 mi	Rialto	$2701
310 km or 192 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
312 km or 194 mi	Moreno Valley	$2695

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