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City profile

TaipeiTaiwan

Photo by Eagan Hsu

Present one · tear to read
§Vital signs
Population
7.9M
Time zone
UTC+8Asia/Taipei
01Overview · at a glance

Every headline figure, flattened.

The indicators most-asked by new arrivals, no narrative. Figures reconcile verified, commercial, and community source panels; blanks show where data collection is still underway.

Monthly spend
verified
853/mo
Reconciled cost-of-living total for a typical month.
Foreign residents
community
Pending
Share of foreign-born residents — data collection underway.
Healthcare ranking
verified
Pending
Health-system ranking — data collection underway.
Coworking desks
community
Pending
Coworking capacity — data collection underway.
02Cost of living
$853/ mo

A monthly budget for one settled resident — housing, groceries, transit, and the rest.

Where it goes

share of monthly spend
Rent$44152%
Food and groceries$20524%
Transportation$415%
Utilities$8210%
Entertainment$8110%

Cost vs. nearby cities

monthly, same country
Taipei
$853
Taichung
N/A
Kaohsiung
N/A
Tainan
N/A
02Cost of living · the full basket

The full basket, line by line.

Every cost line item with its share of the monthly total, beside the same figure for nearby cities.

Monthly breakdown

Rent52% of total$441
Food and groceries24% of total$205
Transportation5% of total$41
Utilities10% of total$82
Entertainment10% of total$81

Cost vs. nearby cities

Taipei$853
TaichungN/A
KaohsiungN/A
TainanN/A
03Visas & residency

The routes in, compared.

A side-by-side of residency routes with income floors, processing waits, and renewal tracks.

Coverage in progress

Residency routes

Structured visa and residency routes for this country are not yet collected. Data collection is underway.

04Neighborhoods

The city, by neighborhood.

A neighborhood-by-neighborhood map with safety, rent, and connectivity per district.

Coverage in progress

Neighborhood map

Neighborhood-level profiles and the interactive district map are not yet collected for this city. Data collection is underway.

06Sources

Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page is traceable. Each source below is dated to its last verified update.

  • Monthly Cost TotalSource: Numbeo · Updated Invalid Date
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