Cost of living comparison
Taipei is 3.7 times more expensive than Cairo.
If you lived in Taipei instead of Cairo, you would:
pay 3.0 times more for restaurants
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.25
E£157.06
|
$5.92
NT$192.60
|
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Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.23
E£204.17
|
$4.93
NT$160.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.25
E£12.26
|
$1.07
NT$34.82
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.15
E£7.07
|
$0.68
NT$22.16
|
|
pay 5.5 times more for groceries
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.59
E£28.24
|
$2.01
NT$65.55
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.73
E£83.74
|
$8.55
NT$278.03
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.44
E£165.96
|
$11.77
NT$383.07
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.46
E£70.63
|
$3.41
NT$111.02
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.41
E£116.33
|
$4.21
NT$136.83
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
E£25.34
|
$2.13
NT$69.16
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.24
E£11.44
|
$1.02
NT$33.04
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.16
E£7.63
|
$1.28
NT$41.51
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.55
|
$1.63
NT$53.00
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.15
E£7.26
|
$1.29
NT$42.04
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.87
|
$1.15
NT$37.57
|
|
pay 3.7 times more for transportation
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.24
E£59.74
|
$3.89
NT$126.47
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.39
E£549.70
|
$42.09
NT$1,369.57
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,600.33
E£1,283,935.58
|
$32,885.97
NT$1,069,978.03
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$1.37
E£65.96
|
$9.21
NT$299.59
|
|
pay 3.3 times more for housing
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$14.42
E£696.23
|
$26.10
NT$849.06
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$173.02
E£8,351.47
|
$624.83
NT$20,329.58
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$100.76
E£4,863.27
|
$417.75
NT$13,592.06
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$18.76
E£905.50
|
$69.55
NT$2,262.79
|
|
pay 6.3 times more for childcare
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$113.41
E£5,474.17
|
$689.69
NT$22,439.82
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,460.81
E£118,777.71
|
$16,064.75
NT$522,682.60
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.63
E£78.53
|
$2.14
NT$69.55
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.71
E£82.74
|
$3.21
NT$104.51
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.79
E£86.38
|
$4.28
NT$139.10
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$19.91
E£961.09
|
$39.68
NT$1,291.15
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.90
E£188.47
|
$10.52
NT$342.39
|
|
pay 69.0% more for clothing
Cairo
|
Taipei
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$38.38
E£1,852.65
|
$82.51
NT$2,684.69
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.15
E£1,745.10
|
$30.23
NT$983.44
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$88.16
E£4,255.20
|
$94.58
NT$3,077.31
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$42.66
E£2,059.33
|
$115.17
NT$3,747.06
|
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