Milwaukee vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$1589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	94
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	577K	4.04M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 91% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1702nd and 5000th ($2054 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th 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 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 240th and 302nd 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	$13.3	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$18855

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581