San Diego vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	San Diego	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3346	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7719	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$2248	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$4052	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5772	$1789
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	87	95
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.6M

The cost of living in San Diego is 189% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 45th and 4715th ($3346 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th 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 1.7 months in San Diego compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. San Diego ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 75th and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Diego vs Taipei

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	San Diego	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.8	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.25	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.51	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2399	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1894	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4351	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3534	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.1	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9294	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7063	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.98	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.72	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.2	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.94	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21468	$18424

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605