Tangerang vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tangerang	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$558	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1529	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$243	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.8	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$306	$1050
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	78	93
😀 Quality of life	58	83
🏙️ Population	2.24M	2.33M

The cost of living in Tangerang is 36% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 8142nd and 6171st ($558 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 7th in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Tangerang compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Tangerang ranked 5th best city to live in Indonesia vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 5471st and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tangerang vs Taoyuan

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	Tangerang	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.18	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$432	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.6	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1727	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$474	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.5	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.54	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.34	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.04	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.6	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.7	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$109	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7618	$18619

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Cities near Tangerang

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.7 mi	South Tangerang	$536
24 km or 15 mi	Jakarta	$701
32 km or 20 mi	Depok	$385
41 km or 26 mi	Bekasi	$518
50 km or 31 mi	Bogor	$513
54 km or 33 mi	Serang	$492
71 km or 44 mi	Cilegon	$488
89 km or 55 mi	Sukabumi	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Cimahi	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Bandung	$545
173 km or 107 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
189 km or 117 mi	Metro	$432
216 km or 134 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Cirebon	$521
248 km or 154 mi	Banjar	$490
287 km or 178 mi	Tegal	$480
314 km or 195 mi	Cilacap	$474
345 km or 215 mi	Pekalongan	$471
405 km or 251 mi	Prabumulih	$417
411 km or 255 mi	Palembang	$395
427 km or 265 mi	Semarang	$493
445 km or 276 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
446 km or 277 mi	Salatiga	$421
450 km or 279 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
487 km or 303 mi	Surakarta	$417
526 km or 327 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
552 km or 343 mi	Bengkulu	$500
564 km or 350 mi	Madiun	$486
610 km or 379 mi	Jambi	$458
621 km or 386 mi	Kediri	$464
645 km or 401 mi	Blitar	$453
656 km or 408 mi	Mojokerto	$505
677 km or 421 mi	Batu	$410
685 km or 425 mi	Surabaya	$549
690 km or 429 mi	Malang	$365
711 km or 442 mi	Pasuruan	$510
747 km or 464 mi	Probolinggo	$614
748 km or 465 mi	Pontianak	$427
825 km or 513 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
829 km or 515 mi	Singkawang	$430

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443