Maseru vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$219	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$1050
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	16	93
😀 Quality of life	13	83
🏙️ Population	344K	2.33M

The cost of living in Maseru is 29% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 7441st and 6171st ($621 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Lesotho and Taiwan, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 9104th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Taoyuan

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	Maseru	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$18619

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 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