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Cost of living in Taipei 2026

Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Taipei, with quick comparisons to other cities.

Cost index (base New York = 100)

37

63% cheaper than New York

TaipeiUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 25,532 TWD $806
1-bed apartment, outside centre 15,894 TWD $502
3-bed apartment, centre 49,418 TWD $1,561
Room in shared flat 7,947 TWD $251
Buy price per m2 426,308 TWD $13,463
Living cost excl. rent 26,852 TWD $848
Typical net salary 55,116 TWD $1,741

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How we calculate and where the data comes from

Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.

Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.