Arlington vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	74	87
🏙️ Population	394K	4.04M

The cost of living in Arlington is 76% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2251st and 5212th ($1869 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd 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 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1283rd and 279th 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	$16.2	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$13786

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

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