Milwaukee vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	82	93
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	577K	2.33M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 135% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1702nd and 6171st ($2054 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 240th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Taoyuan

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	Milwaukee	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443