Los Angeles vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Los Angeles	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7625	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$2019	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$3688	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$715	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$236	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6398	$1496
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	99	95
😀 Quality of life	94	88
🏙️ Population	3.9M	4.36M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 213% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 72nd and 5229th ($3165 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 60th and 2nd 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 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Los Angeles ranked 5th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 34th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Los Angeles vs New Taipei

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	Los Angeles	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.5	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.42	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2215	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1717	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4161	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3237	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.7%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7697	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6904	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.3	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.72	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.95	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$140	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.1	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2020	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31623	$11035

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589