Taoyuan vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Taoyuan	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$875	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2361	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$658	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1050	$3578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	34
😀 Quality of life	83	80
🏙️ Population	2.33M	543K

The cost of living in Taoyuan is 55% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 6171st and 1962nd ($875 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1679th in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Taoyuan compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Taoyuan ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 418th and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Taoyuan vs Tucson

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	Taoyuan	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.58	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.63	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$284	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$749	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.1	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.99%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7669	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4912	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.61	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.62	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.66	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.07	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.61	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.6	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.6	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.24	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.7	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.8	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$256	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18619	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262