Bandar Seri Begawan vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bandar Seri Begawan	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2472	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$638	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$927	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$53	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1986	$1360
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	34	94
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	50K	4.05M

The cost of living in Bandar Seri Begawan is 3% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4932nd and 5023rd ($1138 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Brunei and Taiwan, respectively. Check Brunei vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Bandar Seri Begawan compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Bandar Seri Begawan ranked 1st best city to live in Brunei vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 2614th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bandar Seri Begawan vs New Taipei

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	Bandar Seri Begawan	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.05	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.02	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$773	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1206	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.8	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.6	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.05%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.3	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.36	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.96	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.16	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.87	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.5	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13236	$18576

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Cities near Bandar Seri Begawan

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Seria	$1236
89 km or 55 mi	Kuala Belait	$1459
117 km or 73 mi	Miri	$711
174 km or 108 mi	Kota Kinabalu	$734
285 km or 177 mi	Bintulu	$609
336 km or 209 mi	Tawau	$621
351 km or 218 mi	Tarakan	$520
369 km or 229 mi	Sandakan	$562
379 km or 236 mi	Lahad Datu	$600
451 km or 280 mi	Sibu	$627
604 km or 376 mi	Bontang	$537
630 km or 392 mi	Kuching	$709
652 km or 405 mi	Samarinda	$560
684 km or 425 mi	Puerto Princesa	$634
710 km or 441 mi	Balikpapan	$588
711 km or 442 mi	Palawan	$635
796 km or 495 mi	Singkawang	$419
800 km or 497 mi	Palangka Raya	$464
823 km or 512 mi	Zamboanga	$530
828 km or 514 mi	Pontianak	$411
848 km or 527 mi	Palu	$537
918 km or 570 mi	Banjarmasin	$461
932 km or 579 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
986 km or 612 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$543
990 km or 615 mi	Mui Ne	$506
995 km or 618 mi	Pagadian	$488
1001 km or 622 mi	Phan Thiet	$500
1027 km or 638 mi	Gorontalo	$437
1030 km or 640 mi	Nha Trang	$541
1037 km or 644 mi	Kabankalan	$632
1052 km or 653 mi	Vung Tau	$525
1057 km or 657 mi	Da Lat	$572
1058 km or 657 mi	Palopo	$509
1061 km or 659 mi	Iloilo	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Cotabato	$566
1073 km or 667 mi	Bago	$605
1092 km or 678 mi	Marawi	$453
1092 km or 679 mi	Bacolod	$603
1095 km or 680 mi	Iligan	$503
1100 km or 683 mi	Boracay	$835

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