Raleigh vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$1355
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	82	84
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	468K	3.03M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 167% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 972nd and 6071st ($2388 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 6th 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 Raleigh compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 221st and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Taichung

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	Raleigh	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$18658

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671