Cost of living comparison
Taipei is 50.5% more expensive than Moscow.
If you lived in Taipei instead of Moscow, you would:
pay 1.8% less for restaurants
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.62
₽794.52
|
$5.92
NT$192.99
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.93
₽454.01
|
$4.93
NT$160.83
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.02
₽94.13
|
$1.07
NT$34.89
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.57
₽52.61
|
$0.68
NT$22.20
|
|
pay 2.7 times more for groceries
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.69
₽63.56
|
$2.01
NT$65.68
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.18
₽476.98
|
$8.55
NT$278.60
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.02
₽370.37
|
$11.77
NT$383.86
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.42
₽130.78
|
$3.41
NT$111.25
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.00
₽183.99
|
$4.21
NT$137.12
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.62
₽57.06
|
$2.13
NT$69.30
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.53
₽49.30
|
$1.02
NT$33.11
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.70
₽64.55
|
$1.28
NT$41.59
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.40
₽129.22
|
$1.63
NT$53.11
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.27
₽24.80
|
$1.29
NT$42.13
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.26
₽24.36
|
$1.15
NT$37.65
|
|
pay 58.6% more for transportation
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.47
₽227.88
|
$3.89
NT$126.73
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.79
₽2,837.56
|
$42.09
NT$1,372.39
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,787.49
₽2,837,557.14
|
$32,885.97
NT$1,072,181.39
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.94
₽363.21
|
$9.21
NT$300.21
|
|
pay 59.5% more for housing
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$6.45
₽594.43
|
$26.10
NT$850.81
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$860.20
₽79,281.35
|
$624.83
NT$20,371.45
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$497.14
₽45,819.79
|
$417.75
NT$13,620.05
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$90.59
₽8,349.15
|
$69.55
NT$2,267.44
|
|
pay 58.8% more for childcare
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$487.67
₽44,946.91
|
$689.69
NT$22,486.03
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,121.01
₽840,646.31
|
$16,064.75
NT$523,758.94
|
|
pay 27.8% more for entertainment and sports
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.08
₽283.76
|
$2.14
NT$69.69
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.57
₽236.68
|
$3.21
NT$104.73
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.52
₽232.11
|
$4.28
NT$139.38
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$38.25
₽3,525.37
|
$39.68
NT$1,293.81
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.16
₽567.51
|
$10.52
NT$343.10
|
|
pay 17.7% less for clothing
Moscow
|
Taipei
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$94.24
₽8,685.91
|
$82.51
NT$2,690.22
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.95
₽4,234.67
|
$30.23
NT$985.46
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$106.61
₽9,825.35
|
$94.58
NT$3,083.65
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$132.25
₽12,189.33
|
$115.17
NT$3,754.78
|
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