Long Beach vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	76	83
🏙️ Population	467K	2.33M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 216% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 379th and 6171st ($2764 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Long Beach ranked 231st best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 949th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Taoyuan

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	Long Beach	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$18619

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

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