Maputo vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$531	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1050
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	29	93
😀 Quality of life	41	83
🏙️ Population	1.13M	2.33M

The cost of living in Maputo is 22% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 5045th and 6171st ($1068 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 6875th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Taoyuan

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	Maputo	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$18619

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443