Bandung vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bandung	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$534	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1291	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$212	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.1	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$1378
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	94
😀 Quality of life	61	87
🏙️ Population	2.88M	4.04M

The cost of living in Bandung is 53% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8422nd and 4867th ($534 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 2nd in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bandung compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Bandung ranked 8th best city to live in Indonesia vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5755th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bandung vs New Taipei

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	Bandung	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.52	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.98	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$247	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.9	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.26%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$916	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$402	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.48	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.4	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.59	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.73	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.91	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.04	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.98	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.8	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.7	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7422	$17207

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Cities near Bandung

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Cimahi	$490
71 km or 44 mi	Sukabumi	$561
82 km or 51 mi	Tasikmalaya	$367
93 km or 58 mi	Bogor	$480
101 km or 63 mi	Bekasi	$555
103 km or 64 mi	Depok	$400
113 km or 70 mi	Cirebon	$523
114 km or 71 mi	Jakarta	$699
116 km or 72 mi	Banjar	$488
119 km or 74 mi	South Tangerang	$567
134 km or 83 mi	Tangerang	$665
173 km or 108 mi	Tegal	$482
181 km or 113 mi	Cilacap	$478
182 km or 113 mi	Serang	$517
202 km or 125 mi	Cilegon	$511
233 km or 145 mi	Pekalongan	$471
306 km or 190 mi	Bandar Lampung	$368
315 km or 195 mi	Semarang	$488
323 km or 201 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
323 km or 201 mi	Metro	$429
327 km or 203 mi	Salatiga	$422
365 km or 227 mi	Surakarta	$409
443 km or 275 mi	Madiun	$456
500 km or 310 mi	Kediri	$447
521 km or 324 mi	Blitar	$440
538 km or 334 mi	Prabumulih	$411
539 km or 335 mi	Palembang	$390
540 km or 336 mi	Mojokerto	$413
556 km or 346 mi	Batu	$409
569 km or 353 mi	Malang	$384
572 km or 355 mi	Surabaya	$551
578 km or 359 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
594 km or 369 mi	Pasuruan	$457
629 km or 391 mi	Probolinggo	$470
661 km or 411 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
684 km or 425 mi	Bengkulu	$461
740 km or 460 mi	Jambi	$444
795 km or 494 mi	Pontianak	$413
837 km or 520 mi	Bali	$1134
864 km or 537 mi	Denpasar	$489

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