Arlington vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	77	87
🏙️ Population	394K	4.04M

The cost of living in Arlington is 64% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2476th and 4867th ($1856 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 1375th and 387th 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	$15.6	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$17207

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

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