Maputo vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$531	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	29	95
😀 Quality of life	41	86
🏙️ Population	1.13M	2.6M

The cost of living in Maputo is 10% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5045th and 4534th ($1068 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Mozambique and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6875th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Taipei

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	Maputo	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$19749

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

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