Sheffield vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sheffield	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1001	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$497	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2831	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	87	95
😀 Quality of life	90	86
🏙️ Population	518K	2.6M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 49% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 2490th and 4534th ($1764 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Sheffield compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Sheffield ranked 26th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 141st and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Taipei

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	Sheffield	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.31	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$937	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1922	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3631	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2541	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.2	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.2	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1155	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9487	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750

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