Addis Ababa vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Addis Ababa	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1103	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2584	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$604	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1197	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.2	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	95
😀 Quality of life	40	87
🏙️ Population	5.23M	4.04M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 4% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4928th and 5212th ($1103 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ethiopia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6957th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs New Taipei

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	Addis Ababa	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.55	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.04	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.31	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$618	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.6	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.04	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2736	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2013	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.93	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.97	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.38	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.68	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.28	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.8	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3443	$13786

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$810
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$814
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$590
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$626
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$946
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$671
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$554
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$527
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$686
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$584
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$684
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$553
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$490
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$524
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$492
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$491
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$988
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$489
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$514
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$502
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$509
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$851
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$504
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$513
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$711
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$491
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$491
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$520
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$550
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$868
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$889
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$579
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$535
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$902

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605