Taoyuan vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Taoyuan	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$875	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2361	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$353	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$658	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1050	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	22
😀 Quality of life	83	58
🏙️ Population	2.33M	1.96M

The cost of living in Taoyuan is 16% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 6171st and 5176th ($875 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 12th in Taiwan and Mexico, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Taoyuan compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Taoyuan ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 418th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Taoyuan vs Tijuana

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	Taoyuan	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.58	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.63	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$284	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$749	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.1	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.99%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7669	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4912	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.61	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.62	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.66	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.07	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.61	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.6	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.6	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.24	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$15	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.7	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.8	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$256	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18619	$2569

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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

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677