Leipzig vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$764	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	84
😀 Quality of life	92	81
🏙️ Population	620K	3.03M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 70% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 3353rd and 6071st ($1516 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 6th in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 87th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Taichung

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	Leipzig	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671