New York City vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$1789
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	97	86
🏙️ Population	8.8M	2.6M

The cost of living in New York City is 250% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5th and 4715th ($4051 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in New York City compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 13th and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Taipei

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	New York City	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$18424

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605