Sarajevo vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sarajevo	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$796	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1933	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$368	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$658	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$794	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	47	95
😀 Quality of life	62	86
🏙️ Population	276K	2.6M

The cost of living in Sarajevo is 33% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6461st and 4534th ($796 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Taiwan, respectively. Check Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Sarajevo compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Sarajevo ranked 1st best city to live in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4897th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sarajevo vs Taipei

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	Sarajevo	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.03	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.13	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$438	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.5%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3005	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1953	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.6	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.55	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.96	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.81	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.5	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2856	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768

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