Peshawar vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Peshawar	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$338	$931
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$820	$2751
🏠 One person rent	$125	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$220	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$127	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$53	$99.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$193	$1368
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	48	84
😀 Quality of life	40	80
🏙️ Population	1.97M	3.03M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 64% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 9126th and 6052nd ($338 vs $931) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 5th in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Peshawar compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Peshawar ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 6896th and 496th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Taichung

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	Peshawar	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.55	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98	$346
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$44.9	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$211	$984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$97.5	$770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$70.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.47%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$181	$6258
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$151	$4300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.15	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$3.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.85	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$6.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.6	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.58	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.61	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.9	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.4	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.7	$313
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$525	$13638

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$841
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$818
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$698
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$761
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$707
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$864
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$868
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1060
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$745
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1158
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$841
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$1028
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$801
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$661
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$654
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$666
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$821
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$807
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$683
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$673
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$642
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$719
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$605
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$592
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$776
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$691
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$795
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$726
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$712
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$643
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$719
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$702
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$716