Majuro vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Majuro	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1496	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2913	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$954	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1391	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.1	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$397	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	94
😀 Quality of life	37	87
🏙️ Population	30K	4.04M

The cost of living in Majuro is 32% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3967th and 4867th ($1496 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the Marshall Islands and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Marshall Islands vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Majuro compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Majuro ranked 2nd best city to live in the Marshall Islands vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8202nd and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Majuro vs New Taipei

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	Majuro	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.84	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$692	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$745	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1048	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$233	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.7	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.94%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1376	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.4	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.24	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.41	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.97	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.4	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$151	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3599	$17207

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Cities near Majuro

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.8 mi	Djarrit	$1502
658 km or 409 mi	South Tarawa	$533
974 km or 605 mi	Yaren	$733
1943 km or 1208 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1944 km or 1208 mi	Funafuti	$683
2115 km or 1314 mi	Auki	$1417
2222 km or 1381 mi	Honiara	$1419
2553 km or 1587 mi	Luganville	$1882
2779 km or 1727 mi	Port Vila	$1884
2828 km or 1757 mi	Lautoka	$596
2846 km or 1769 mi	Nadi	$997
2905 km or 1805 mi	Nasinu	$818
2909 km or 1808 mi	Manase	$751
2910 km or 1808 mi	Suva	$836
2923 km or 1816 mi	Saipan	$1437
2977 km or 1850 mi	Dededo	$2406
2980 km or 1852 mi	Apia	$753
2985 km or 1855 mi	Hagatna	$2786
3100 km or 1926 mi	Lae	$548
3244 km or 2016 mi	Port Moresby	$566
3290 km or 2045 mi	Paita	$1807
3291 km or 2045 mi	Dumbea	$1811
3304 km or 2053 mi	Noumea	$1878
3466 km or 2154 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
3475 km or 2159 mi	Mua	$1022
3509 km or 2181 mi	London	$532
3550 km or 2206 mi	Kauai	$2825
3554 km or 2209 mi	Jayapura	$507
3663 km or 2276 mi	Waipahu	$2700
3668 km or 2279 mi	Pearl	$2637
3668 km or 2279 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2631
3674 km or 2283 mi	Honolulu	$3173
3687 km or 2291 mi	East Honolulu	$2892
3794 km or 2357 mi	Kahului	$3155
3798 km or 2360 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3515
3869 km or 2404 mi	Cairns	$1513
3891 km or 2418 mi	Hilo	$2402
3968 km or 2466 mi	Townsville	$1683
4040 km or 2510 mi	Melekeok	$1176
4041 km or 2511 mi	Ngerulmud	$1175

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589