Arlington vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Arlington	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4719	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.3	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3749	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	394K	4.04M

The cost of living in Arlington is 70% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2324th and 4931st ($1913 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1747th 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 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Arlington ranked 262nd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 895th and 183rd 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	$16	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2162	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.19%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.64	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.5	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1486	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21592	$21429

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2117
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2316
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2128
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2122
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2111
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2147
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2142
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2086
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2129
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2259
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2170
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2183
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2137
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2042
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2164
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2110
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2182
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2206
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2151
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2120
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2472
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2156
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2193
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2202
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2168
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2062
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2174
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2205
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2220
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2096
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2205
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2104
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2155
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2209
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2397

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612