Arlington vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	73	86
🏙️ Population	394K	4.04M

The cost of living in Arlington is 75% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2153rd and 5000th ($1883 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 2nd 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1499th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs New Taipei

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	Arlington	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$18855

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581