Milwaukee vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Milwaukee	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2078	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5083	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1194	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3809	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	81	94
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	577K	4.05M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 88% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1833rd and 5023rd ($2078 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1456th 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 70th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 260th and 252nd 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	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.5	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1421	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$908	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2353	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1538	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1645	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.7	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.58	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$166	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.1	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1835	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24369	$18576

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1962
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1986
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1965
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1924
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1963
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2040
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1997
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1997
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2028
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1966
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1812
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2037
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2079
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2070
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1971
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2034
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2092
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1990
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1814
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2365
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2379
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2435
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2354
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1746
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2403
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2437
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2410
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2131
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1844
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2229
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2402
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1784
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2504
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2398
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2371
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2519
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2434
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2415

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602