Arlington vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Arlington	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1807	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4757	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1010	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1967	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$539	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4550	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	75	88
🏙️ Population	394K	4.36M

The cost of living in Arlington is 79% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2320th and 5229th ($1807 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1872nd 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 2.5 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Arlington ranked 235th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1022nd and 181st 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	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.38	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.32	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$790	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1340	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1821	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2184	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2175	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.49	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.1	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.64	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.13	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.17	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1593	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21722	$11035

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2043
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2338
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2059
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2039
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2107
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1987
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2053
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2173
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2162
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2176
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2139
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$1872
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2236
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2017
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2306
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2108
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$1992
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2497
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2099
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2155
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2206
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2267
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2157
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$1804
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2199
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2149
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2223
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2323
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2235
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2242
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2111
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2301
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2516
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2200
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2384

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589