Cost of Living in Taipei

People asking about rental prices: That's true, Taiwanese give lower rental fees for Taiwanese because of taxes. I have a Taiwanese wife, so I know the real prices. I recommend to find some friends in the country and ask them to help with it.
About many other prices: I highly recommend visiting the hypermarket Costco for all groceries.
Also, use e-market platforms like Shopy, carousel, etc. I'm buying Swiss chocolate there cheaper than in EU.
Take a look at Taiwanese holidays and the analog of "Black Friday" - 11/11. Official New Balance shop sells snickers for 1111 twd in this week.

I live in Taiwan. If you live in taipei, the prices are 3 times up. If you are an expat it is expected to pay more in rent. A lot of landlords don’t rent out to expat because of taxation. We are looking for a flat with 4 bedrooms and most landlords want 220.000- 300.000 + service fees

Energy is cheap in Taiwan, electricity cost is probably cheaper than 90% of countries out there. Bunch of clown comments from mainland China, just read the stats in the list, I can verify they are pretty accurate from living in Taiwan.

Taiwan is a great place for me to do a mini retirement every year. I fly in, allowed 90 day stay. Great food. So many places to explore, amazing places to see. Mountains to the Coast. Great hiking. Incredibly clean and safe. I will return every year. People of Taiwan are the best, super friendly, understanding.

I would avoid Mainland China at all costs. Terrible clown show government there. Really a sad state of affair Mainland China is in. Avoid traveling there. People are treated like slaves and animals there. Lots of criminal activity goes on in Mainland China. People there have Zero rights. Pooh Bear president Xi Jinping is a complete disgrace to the world and should be in jail for the genocide of the Uyghurs and Tibetans. CCP Chinese gov needs to be punished also for stealing land not theirs.

Too late for the ccp trolls to hide anymore. The United States military will lite a fire under China that will incinerate everything in China.A rude awakening is coming to china's doorstep it's called death.

Lots of ridiculous posts from sad Chinese trolls here.

Taiwan's economy is doing amongst the best worldwide now.

Taiwan government is the most shameless scammer the world has ever seen as it's overcharging its returning citizen for a whopping 2000 NT dollar per night for staying in shabby or lowest-class, ultra small single room in the government quarantine centre where this kind of shabby single room is charged as merely as around 400 NT dollar in Osaka, Japan where it's called the economy Japanese style single room. This is the greatest corruption ever committed by any government overcharging against its citizen outrageously unlike never seen before in world history.

No one in Taiwan but only the working people automatically receive the payment of coronavirus stimulus unfairly unlike other countries and this is the most unfair scam ever committed by any government in history.
This the most unfair Taiwan government is wasting Taiwanese's tax money by automatically providing payment of up to 30000 NT dollar to all of the working people or all employees in Taiwan recently in the name of coronavirus stimulus wrongfully but there is no plan to automatically support for the unemployed people or other idle people in Taiwan unfairly unlike other countries.

The recent approved Coronavirus stimulus package of over 7 billions US dollar wasn't necessary if the Taiwan government were good enough to prevent the recent outbreak of coronavirus but this good for nothing Taiwan government delayed the purchase of coronavirus vaccines deliberately in order to wait endlessly until the local-made unreliable coronavirus vaccines is available which consequently results the terrible death of hundreds of Taiwanese now unnecessarily due to the recent worst coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan , all thanks to the foolish Tsai president who is the main culprit forcefully pushing for the local made coronavirus unnecessarily so this immoral culprit should step down immediately for indirectly killing of hundreds of innocent Taiwanese as well as for causing the loss of Taiwanese's tax money of over 7 billions US dollar in the name of coronavirus stimulus package for her world-record ignorance as well as for her world-record foolishness to insist with the local-made unreliable coronavirus vaccine which most Taiwanese have no trust upon, maybe the recent terrible death of hundreds of innocent Taiwan due to the outbreak might not be enough for her world-record foolishness.

Most people in Taiwan can't afford the very expensive taxi ride so for the sake of the benefit of most people in Taiwan, Taiwan government should immediately allow Grab, etc to operate in Taiwan so most people in Taiwan would be able to enjoy cheap rides in Taiwan again just like in Asean countries and consequently people would be grateful to the government for siding with the people instead of the rip-off Taiwan taxi mafia.

Birth rate in Taiwan is falling out of control now, thanks to the current sick government.

The rice price has been skyrocketed over 150% since 2016 from about 20 Taiwan dollar per kilogram to over 50 Taiwan dollar per kilogram now while India is selling rice for merely 10 Taiwan dollar per kilogram to Asia countries recently.
So the rice price in Taiwan is 400% more expensive than the current export price of India.

A chicken rice set meal at 7 Eleven convenient store in Thailand is just about 30 baht or 26.77 Taiwan dollar but the similar chicken rice set meat at 7 Eleven convenient store in Taiwan cost a whopping above 70 Taiwan dollar.
7 Eleven convenient store in Taiwan used to be cheaper where a chicken rice set could be purchase at 50 Taiwan dollar until 2016 but this offer is no longer available under the current sick government.

The city bus fare has been doubled under the current sick government as well and it's worst for location between Xindian, New Taipei City and Taipei where even if taken just for 3 bus stops, one shall be ripped off for 30 Taiwan dollar for bus fare under the current sick government unlike never seen before.

Throwing rubbish is the greatest pressure all Taiwanese have been suffering until now unlike Singapore , etc where Singaporean have no pressure throwing the rubbish as rubbish bin is available at every building in Singapore unlike in Taiwan where Taiwanese have to chase the rubbish car twice daily shamefully in order to eliminate rubbish.
The current sick government has done nothing to eliminate this pressure for Taiwanese until so far.

Restaurant food price has been skyrocketing rapidly under the current sick government for at least 30%.

Going to the supermarket to purchase meat and vegetable is no longer convenient for all nondrivers as plastic bag is banned from using in the supermarket under the direction of the current sick government unlike in Japan where plastic bag is offered for free at every supermarket.

So the current sick government is the root cause and the culprit of causing birth rate falling rapidly unlike never seen before because this sick government contributes more inflation and inconvenience to all Taiwanese comparing to all of the previous government before.

Are there any houses in Taiwan? I wanna live there when I grow up. I am actually from that place and is wanting to go back soon. I was wondering how much the houses cost in Taiwan like a house with 3-4 bedrooms in it. I know there are because my grandparents but I was just wondering. For those who want to go visit Taiwan, here are some heads up. You must change your money because their currency has a bigger number to it. Taiwan is pretty crowded but its really fun there. When visiting a beach, the water is warm during the summer. I don't know about the winter but I'm sure that if you go during the summer or with your family, Please wear some sunscreen or your body is going to be really red. Also, If you are moving there, If you're American and you are working somewhere in Taiwan, You will be able to take your child to a certain school for those American Children who are in Taiwan and are fluent in English (It doesn't matter if you aren't just as long as you have a American Citizenship), You're child will be able to get into the School. Alright that's all I got. A child ain't got a big brain. (and yes I am a child). Have a good day and Stay Safe during the Virus! God Bless ya'll!!

To anonymous comments on Jan.4 2021.

We lost our two sons one daughter and 5 close friends to covid19 so far.

There isn't any forgetting or forgiveness.

What the Chinese government and citizens of China did was just cold blooded heartless murders on a global scale as the comments on Jan.5 2021 stated.

China did well under Zhang Zemin but under Xi China has gone downhill and is going downhill fast. China peaked in reputation, growth, economy during 2008. With Xi in charge all the growth and progress has stopped and going backwards

Chinese troops caught a cold when trying to invade India territory due to weather plus China isn't any match for India military and Japan is quite capable of destroying China on its own and that's a fact because other countries stepped in to ask Japan not to kill everyone in China many years ago.Vietnam handed China their az when China tried to invade Vietnam.Then there's Russia finished with chinanese government bs.Its not U S governments decision to act on China aggression but it's the U S military that determines the outcome only.The world knows the U S military is the most deadly on the planet.All the U S military is waiting for is for China to make the grave mistake of firing the first shot towards the U S then there'll be nothing living in China.There are over 15 countries against China now and the list gets bigger everyday. Xi's father was run out of his office in government many years ago. Xi went into hiding working at a pig farm in a remote area area of China many years ago.The world is looking right down china's throat just waiting for China to do something really bad and then China will be hot ashes.

Humm so many ccp members trying to push their narratives upon Tsia through this site.