San Diego vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	San Diego	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3427	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7903	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$2366	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$4375	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$686	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5439	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	87	95
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.6M

The cost of living in San Diego is 193% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 26th and 4516th ($3427 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd 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 1.6 months in San Diego compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. San Diego ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 107th and 209th 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	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.6	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.8	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2498	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2064	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4740	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3919	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.6	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11408	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8035	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.4	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.2	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.69	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.1	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.91	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.2	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$129	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1701	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18429	$19102

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589