Amsterdam vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amsterdam	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2859	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6482	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1887	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$3118	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$599	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4389	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	95
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	921K	4.04M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 170% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 252nd and 5212th ($2859 vs $1060) 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 1.6 months in New Taipei. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 25th and 279th 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	$20	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.7	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.44	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1928	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1599	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3529	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2619	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.24%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10663	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7824	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.81	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.28	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.01	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.41	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.8	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.3	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.1	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2462	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13828	$13786

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2373
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2076
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2246
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2180
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2072
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2088
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2184
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2228
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2039
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2375
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1412
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2053
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1916
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2094
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2010
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1991
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1821
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2219
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1916
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2034
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1987
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1782
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1897
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1968
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1985
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1831
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1891
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2027
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1994
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1953
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1661
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1841
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1886
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2006
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1827
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1845
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1750
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1865

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