Milwaukee vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Milwaukee	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4963	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1193	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1867	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3947	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	81	95
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	577K	4.04M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 95% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1688th and 5212th ($2065 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1442nd 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 1.9 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Milwaukee ranked 43rd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 188th and 279th 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	$16.7	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$967	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2324	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1695	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1439	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.7	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24309	$13786

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605