Majuro vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Majuro	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1316	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2610	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$852	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$363	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.1	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	95
😀 Quality of life	40	88
🏙️ Population	30K	4.36M

The cost of living in Majuro is 30% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4137th and 5229th ($1316 vs $1011) 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 1.1 months in Majuro compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Majuro ranked 1st best city to live in the Marshall Islands vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 7139th and 181st 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	$13.8	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1278	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1322	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$910	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.2	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.65	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.24	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.43	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.33	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.51	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.75	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.18	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.93	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.7	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$149	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3026	$11035

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Cities near Majuro

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.8 mi	Djarrit	$1316
658 km or 409 mi	South Tarawa	$491
974 km or 605 mi	Yaren	$744
1943 km or 1208 mi	Vaiaku	$574
1944 km or 1208 mi	Funafuti	$576
2115 km or 1314 mi	Auki	$1422
2222 km or 1381 mi	Honiara	$1425
2553 km or 1587 mi	Luganville	$2943
2779 km or 1727 mi	Port Vila	$1841
2828 km or 1757 mi	Lautoka	$599
2846 km or 1769 mi	Nadi	$752
2905 km or 1805 mi	Nasinu	$824
2909 km or 1808 mi	Manase	$594
2910 km or 1808 mi	Suva	$849
2923 km or 1816 mi	Saipan	$1421
2977 km or 1850 mi	Dededo	$2554
2980 km or 1852 mi	Apia	$594
2985 km or 1855 mi	Hagatna	$2667
3100 km or 1926 mi	Lae	$522
3244 km or 2016 mi	Port Moresby	$537
3290 km or 2045 mi	Paita	$1597
3291 km or 2045 mi	Dumbea	$1597
3304 km or 2053 mi	Noumea	$1648
3466 km or 2154 mi	Nukualofa	$974
3475 km or 2159 mi	Mua	$978
3509 km or 2181 mi	London	$491
3550 km or 2206 mi	Kauai	$2655
3554 km or 2209 mi	Jayapura	$446
3663 km or 2276 mi	Waipahu	$2602
3668 km or 2279 mi	Pearl	$2506
3668 km or 2279 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2538
3674 km or 2283 mi	Honolulu	$2961
3687 km or 2291 mi	East Honolulu	$2735
3794 km or 2357 mi	Kahului	$2716
3798 km or 2360 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3169
3869 km or 2404 mi	Cairns	$1397
3891 km or 2418 mi	Hilo	$2340
3968 km or 2466 mi	Townsville	$1249
4040 km or 2510 mi	Melekeok	$1160
4041 km or 2511 mi	Ngerulmud	$1164

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