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Taiwan vs. Mongolia Cost of Living Summary

Taiwan is 62.9% more expensive than Mongolia overall.

Restaurants: pay 16.0% more in Taiwan
Groceries: pay 73.4% more in Taiwan
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in Taiwan
Housing: pay 2.1% more in Taiwan
Childcare: pay 2.8 times more in Taiwan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 60.4% more in Taiwan
Clothing: pay 32.1% less in Taiwan

The cost of childcare, transportation, groceries, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and housing in Taiwan are more expensive than in Mongolia. Notably, childcare and transportation are significantly more expensive in Taiwan.

Taiwan vs. Mongolia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Taiwan instead of Mongolia, you would:

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pay 16.0% more for restaurants

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.56 MNT19,913.00	$4.82 NT$151.22	-13.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.41 MNT19,365.39	$5.16 NT$161.99	-4.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.72 MNT2,588.69	$0.98 NT$30.70	+35.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.46 MNT1,637.41	$0.67 NT$21.02	+46.5%
Average			+16.0%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 73.4% more for groceries

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Bread 1 loaf	$0.92 MNT3,304.31	$1.77 NT$55.47	+91.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.86 MNT21,008.22	$9.29 NT$291.60	+58.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.29 MNT18,955.04	$11.90 NT$373.42	+124.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.05 MNT7,329.93	$2.61 NT$82.06	+27.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.65 MNT9,484.02	$3.56 NT$111.70	+34.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.34 MNT4,786.76	$2.03 NT$63.63	+51.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.03 MNT3,703.28	$1.00 NT$31.34	-3.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.87 MNT6,683.97	$1.25 NT$39.17	-33.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.17 MNT4,177.48	$1.55 NT$48.61	+32.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 MNT1,106.47	$1.20 NT$37.82	+290.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 MNT1,580.67	$1.03 NT$32.24	+132.7%
Average			+73.4%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.78 MNT13,555.64	$3.78 NT$118.78
Monthly public transit pass	$8.34 MNT29,869.50	$34.06 NT$1,069.33	+308.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,628.61 MNT102,551,962.31	$35,728.87 NT$1,121,597.24	+24.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.00 MNT17,921.70	$9.18 NT$288.18	+83.5%
Average			+138.9%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.1% more for housing

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.74 MNT49,201.71	$21.10 NT$662.43	+53.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$503.97 MNT1,805,294.99	$429.29 NT$13,476.23	-14.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$394.69 MNT1,413,823.17	$295.73 NT$9,283.44	-25.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.01 MNT207,795.08	$54.85 NT$1,721.85	-5.4%
Average			+2.1%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of housing

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pay 2.8 times more for childcare

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$166.77 MNT597,390.07	$519.45 NT$16,306.62	+211.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,632.97 MNT23,760,294.02	$16,665.76 NT$523,169.72	+151.3%
Average			+181.4%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of childcare

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pay 60.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.95 MNT6,969.55	$1.97 NT$61.79	+1.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.42 MNT8,675.43	$3.00 NT$94.24	+24.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.71 MNT6,142.65	$4.54 NT$142.65	+165.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$69.49 MNT248,912.53	$37.49 NT$1,176.73	-46.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.89 MNT13,939.10	$10.04 NT$315.31	+158.1%
Average			+60.4%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 32.1% less for clothing

	Mongolia	Taiwan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$81.91 MNT293,429.59	$65.08 NT$2,043.13	-20.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$65.60 MNT234,973.23	$31.24 NT$980.69	-52.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$98.97 MNT354,518.77	$79.60 NT$2,498.69	-19.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$150.55 MNT539,310.48	$96.29 NT$3,022.88	-36.0%
Average			-32.1%

Mongolia vs. Taiwan - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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