Cost of living comparison
Taiwan is 17.0% more expensive than Lithuania.
If you lived in Taiwan instead of Lithuania, you would:
pay 45.8% less for restaurants
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.60
€9.00
|
$3.59
NT$116.67
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.46
€6.06
|
$4.92
NT$160.00
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.64
€1.54
|
$0.95
NT$31.06
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.44
€1.35
|
$0.65
NT$21.11
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for groceries
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.28
€1.20
|
$2.04
NT$66.47
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.50
€4.22
|
$7.52
NT$244.76
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.00
€4.69
|
$11.74
NT$381.85
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.31
€2.17
|
$2.75
NT$89.53
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.81
€2.63
|
$3.63
NT$118.04
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.54
€0.51
|
$2.03
NT$65.94
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.66
€0.62
|
$0.91
NT$29.66
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.73
€0.68
|
$1.30
NT$42.34
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.13
€1.06
|
$1.46
NT$47.54
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
€0.26
|
$1.15
NT$37.55
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.27
€0.25
|
$1.07
NT$34.72
|
|
pay 15.7% more for transportation
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.57
€6.16
|
$3.88
NT$126.21
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.24
€28.36
|
$35.38
NT$1,151.02
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,112.58
€21,676.50
|
$32,990.11
NT$1,073,366.25
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.67
€6.25
|
$9.61
NT$312.52
|
|
pay 0.8% less for housing
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$13.14
€12.32
|
$23.53
NT$765.56
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$411.89
€386.30
|
$354.11
NT$11,521.27
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$288.97
€271.01
|
$268.52
NT$8,736.62
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.55
€137.44
|
$56.71
NT$1,844.97
|
|
pay 46.2% more for childcare
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$398.36
€373.61
|
$460.31
NT$14,976.60
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,476.89
€6,074.46
|
$11,465.74
NT$373,049.21
|
|
pay 6.8% less for entertainment and sports
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.77
€3.53
|
$1.86
NT$60.35
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.65
€2.49
|
$2.74
NT$89.10
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.68
€4.39
|
$3.84
NT$124.96
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$35.04
€32.86
|
$38.91
NT$1,265.84
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.90
€7.41
|
$9.51
NT$309.47
|
|
pay 11.2% less for clothing
Lithuania
|
Taiwan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$78.17
€73.31
|
$66.92
NT$2,177.23
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$43.64
€40.93
|
$31.08
NT$1,011.34
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$78.57
€73.69
|
$79.12
NT$2,574.36
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$115.33
€108.16
|
$112.81
NT$3,670.23
|
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