Miami vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Miami	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3075	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7229	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$2042	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$3813	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$708	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3944	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	85	95
😀 Quality of life	90	86
🏙️ Population	442K	2.6M

The cost of living in Miami is 160% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 119th and 4534th ($3075 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 107th and 1st in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Miami compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Miami ranked 29th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 140th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Miami vs Taipei

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	Miami	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.6	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.68	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2424	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1740	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3298	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.1	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6403	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3960	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.24	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.89	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.46	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.4	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.78	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.79	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.4	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$151	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1399	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23889	$19749

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Cities near Miami

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Coral Gables	$2756
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Miami Beach	$2762
12 km or 7.2 mi	Hialeah	$2381
13 km or 8 mi	North Miami	$2660
14 km or 8.7 mi	Doral	$2553
16 km or 9.8 mi	Sweetwater	$2604
17 km or 10 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2474
17 km or 11 mi	North Miami Beach	$2714
18 km or 11 mi	Miami Lakes	$2528
18 km or 11 mi	Miami Gardens	$2651
20 km or 12 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2758
20 km or 13 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2865
22 km or 13 mi	Aventura	$2731
23 km or 14 mi	Miramar	$2732
24 km or 15 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2793
24 km or 15 mi	Kendall West	$2805
26 km or 16 mi	Cutler Bay	$3032
27 km or 17 mi	Hollywood	$3016
27 km or 17 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2939
29 km or 18 mi	Richmond West	$3092
30 km or 19 mi	Cooper	$2710
31 km or 19 mi	Dania Beach	$2783
34 km or 21 mi	Davie	$2681
38 km or 24 mi	Plantation	$2664
40 km or 25 mi	Fort Lauderdale	$2701
40 km or 25 mi	Weston	$2590
42 km or 26 mi	Sunrise	$2682
43 km or 26 mi	Lauderhill	$2611
43 km or 27 mi	Lauderdale Lakes	$2616
44 km or 27 mi	Homestead	$4044
44 km or 28 mi	Oakland Park	$2631
48 km or 30 mi	Tamarac	$2679
48 km or 30 mi	North Lauderdale	$2683
51 km or 32 mi	Pompano Beach	$2597
51 km or 32 mi	Margate	$2667
54 km or 34 mi	Coral Springs	$2888
55 km or 34 mi	Coconut Creek	$2643
59 km or 37 mi	Parkland	$2754
61 km or 38 mi	Deerfield Beach	$2414
66 km or 41 mi	Boca Raton	$2882

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