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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Taipei, a month

£415 to £529 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

Not every cost has a checked figure for Taipei, so the real total is higher than this. The missing ones are marked below.

RentMedian studio rent, citywide up to Neihu, first half of 2026. Not known whether furnished. TWD 15,000 to 19,500
£347 to £451
A deskNo monthly coworking price on an operator's own site: Regus and Spaces price only by the day, from NT$276 a day for unlimited access (on a 24-month contract at Regus), or NT$680 for a day pass
Not included
Weekday lunchesBiandang, the lunch box: a Taiwan Railway bento, January 2025, TWD 80 to 100 each, 22 working days
£41 to £51
Getting aroundTPASS commuter pass, 30 days of unlimited metro, buses, Taiwan Railway, highway buses, light rail and YouBike across Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan. TWD 1,200
£28

Taiwan's Digital Nomad Visitor Visa asks for about £1,250 to £2,500 a month in income. Check your own case

The Taipei guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.