Sample Monthly Budget for Taiwan

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
Accommodation	Three Bedroom: 16,000~35,000	Three Bedroom: 8,500~20,000	Three Bedroom: 12,000~25,000	Three Bedroom: 10,000~20,000	*Note* Please see bottom
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
Alcohol	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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