Arlington vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	394K	4.05M

The cost of living in Arlington is 72% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2397th and 5023rd ($1907 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 894th and 252nd 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	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$18576

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602