San Antonio vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	San Antonio	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2023	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4466	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$1794	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4100	$1659
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	81	94
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	1.43M	2.6M

The cost of living in San Antonio is 54% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1930th and 4455th ($2023 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1571st 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 San Antonio compared to 1.3 months in Taipei. San Antonio ranked 34th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 124th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Antonio vs Taipei

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	San Antonio	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.2	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.22	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.16	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$900	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1851	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1407	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3721	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1937	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.88	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.87	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$96.3	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1129	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15049	$17567

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Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589