Milwaukee vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Milwaukee	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2088	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5072	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1201	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3838	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	81	94
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	577K	4.04M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 86% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1786th and 4931st ($2088 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1421st 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 57th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 224th and 183rd 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	$16.8	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1419	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.16%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2602	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1709	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.9	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.55	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1817	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24100	$21429

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1923
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1949
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1927
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1993
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1934
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2000
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1979
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1993
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1990
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1930
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1746
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1996
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2058
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2065
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1946
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2039
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2097
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1950
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2344
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1771
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2382
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2389
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2443
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2364
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1825
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2407
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2434
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2418
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2162
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1813
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2249
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2428
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1796
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2555
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2418
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2410
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2559
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2453
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2400

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612