Los Angeles vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Los Angeles	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7625	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$2019	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$3688	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$715	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$236	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6398	$1657
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	99	95
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	3.9M	2.6M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 171% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 72nd and 4516th ($3165 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 60th and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Los Angeles ranked 5th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 34th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Los Angeles vs Taipei

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	Los Angeles	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.5	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.42	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2215	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1717	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4161	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3237	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.7%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7697	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6904	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.3	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.72	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.95	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$140	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2020	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31623	$19102

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589