Los Angeles vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Los Angeles	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3196	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7594	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$2049	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$709	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4771	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	99	95
😀 Quality of life	93	86
🏙️ Population	3.9M	2.6M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 171% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 80th and 4534th ($3196 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Los Angeles ranked 7th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 58th and 339th 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	$21.7	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.51	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2168	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1758	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4056	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3293	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8056	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7115	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.1	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.05	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.25	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.63	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28838	$19749

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581