Milwaukee vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milwaukee	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1179	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1923	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$577	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3707	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	94
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	577K	4.04M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 80% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1864th and 4867th ($2046 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1525th and 2nd 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 1.8 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 195th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs New Taipei

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	Milwaukee	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.2	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1315	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1953	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.09	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.55	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23971	$17207

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1915
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1973
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1915
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1915
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1904
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$1973
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1943
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1948
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1966
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1964
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1973
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2032
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1941
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2030
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2089
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1957
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1826
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2355
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2368
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2375
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2340
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1763
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2368
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2394
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2434
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2119
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1849
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2220
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2373
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2528
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2392
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2412
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2508
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2426
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2399

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589