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Home Cost of Living Sample Monthly Budget for Taiwan

Sample Monthly Budget for Taiwan

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Teachers can do pretty well in Taiwan if they watch their budget.  This is a basic budget:

  • Rent: NT$10,000
  • Utilities: NT$1,750
  • Food: NT$7,500
  • Transportation: NT$700
  • Entertainment: NT$2,500
  • Internet: NT $500
  • Cell Phone: NT $1,000
  • TOTAL: 23,950

Most months I am able to hover around that budget, things add up when I start trekking around the countryside but that's not free in any country.  If you're smart about it and you plan one or two trips a month you can easily still save money each month.

 
Taipei
Keelung
Taichung
Kaohsiung
NOTES
Food
250
200
200
200
per day
Accommodation
One bedroom:
5,500~10,000
One bedroom:
2,500~7,000
One bedroom:
3,000~7,000
One bedroom:
3,000~7,000
***Note***
Please see bottom
Three Bedroom:
16,000~35,000
Three Bedroom:
8,500~20,000
Three Bedroom:
12,000~25,000
Three Bedroom:
10,000~20,000
Transportation
700
500
500
500
per month
Internet
900
900
900
900
ADSL or Cable
Phone
100
100
100
100
Basic Fee
Cell Phone
200
200
200
200
Basic Fee
Restaurants
300~
180~
180~
180~
Depends on what kind of restaurant
Water
15
15
15
15
a 500ml bottle
Alcohol
32
32
32
32
a can of Taiwan beer at the convenience store
200~
150~
150~
150~
a beer in a bar

***NOTE*** In most cases there are three rooms in an apartment. You are able to rent entire apartments or in some cases you can rent a bedroom of an apartment. In cases where you rent a bedroom, the rates for single rooms depend on whether there is a bathroom inside your room or whether you share the bathroom with the other roommates. The rates for apartments, like any country, are also contingent on the area and the age of the apartment, condo or house (this is especially true in Taipei).

 



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