Cost of living comparison

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San Marino vs. Taiwan Cost of Living Summary

San Marino is 46.6% more expensive than Taiwan overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in San Marino
Groceries: pay 55.5% less in San Marino
Transportation: pay 82.8% more in San Marino
Housing: pay 69.0% more in San Marino
Entertainment and Sports: pay 32.3% more in San Marino
Clothing: pay 0.5% less in San Marino

The cost of restaurants, transportation, housing, and entertainment and sports in San Marino are more expensive than in Taiwan. Expenses including groceries and clothing are lower in San Marino. Notably, restaurants and transportation are significantly more expensive in San Marino.

San Marino vs. Taiwan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Marino instead of Taiwan, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Taiwan	San Marino
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.82 NT$151.22	$17.52 €15.11	+263.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.16 NT$161.99	$8.56 €7.38	+65.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.98 NT$30.70	$2.31 €1.99	+135.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.67 NT$21.02	$1.61 €1.39	+139.9%
Average			+151.3%

Taiwan vs. San Marino - Cost of restaurants

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pay 55.5% less for groceries

	Taiwan	San Marino
Bread 1 loaf	$1.77 NT$55.47	??
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.29 NT$291.60	??
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.90 NT$373.42	$4.42 €3.81	-62.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 NT$82.06	??
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.56 NT$111.70	??
Apples (1 lb)	$2.03 NT$63.63	$1.06 €0.91	-47.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00 NT$31.34	??
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.25 NT$39.17	??
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.55 NT$48.61	??
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.20 NT$37.82	$0.53 €0.46	-56.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.03 NT$32.24	??
Average			-55.5%

Taiwan vs. San Marino - Cost of groceries

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pay 82.8% more for transportation

	Taiwan	San Marino
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.78 NT$118.78	$7.74 €6.67	+104.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.06 NT$1,069.33	$29.20 €25.18	-14.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,728.87 NT$1,121,597.24	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.18 NT$288.18	$23.71 €20.45	+158.3%
Average			+82.8%

Taiwan vs. San Marino - Cost of transportation

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pay 69.0% more for housing

	Taiwan	San Marino
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.10 NT$662.43	$35.04 €30.22	+66.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$429.29 NT$13,476.23	$642.39 €553.95	+49.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$295.73 NT$9,283.44	$583.99 €503.59	+97.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$54.85 NT$1,721.85	$89.32 €77.02	+62.8%
Average			+69.0%

Taiwan vs. San Marino - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Taiwan	San Marino
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$519.45 NT$16,306.62	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$16,665.76 NT$523,169.72	??

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pay 32.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Taiwan	San Marino
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.97 NT$61.79	$4.67 €4.03	+137.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.00 NT$94.24	$1.75 €1.51	-41.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.54 NT$142.65	$5.84 €5.04	+28.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$37.49 NT$1,176.73	$58.40 €50.36	+55.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.04 NT$315.31	$8.18 €7.05	-18.6%
Average			+32.3%

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pay 0.5% less for clothing

	Taiwan	San Marino
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$65.08 NT$2,043.13	$81.76 €70.50	+25.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$31.24 NT$980.69	$35.04 €30.22	+12.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$79.60 NT$2,498.69	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$96.29 NT$3,022.88	$58.40 €50.36	-39.4%
Average			-0.5%

Taiwan vs. San Marino - 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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