Amsterdam vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	94
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	921K	4.04M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 175% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 143rd and 4867th ($3118 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the Netherlands and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 31st and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs New Taipei

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	Amsterdam	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$17207

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589