Omaha vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Omaha	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2068	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5023	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$2227	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.1	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4141	$1684
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	75	95
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	486K	2.6M

The cost of living in Omaha is 75% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1666th and 4534th ($2068 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1477th and 1st 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 2 months in Omaha compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Omaha ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 242nd and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Omaha vs Taipei

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	Omaha	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1708	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1801	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.5	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.97	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.9	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.9	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$917	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24732	$19749

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Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581