Bangui vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$225	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$1378
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	8	87
🏙️ Population	889K	4.04M

The cost of living in Bangui is 54% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8489th and 4867th ($526 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the Central African Republic and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 9279th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs New Taipei

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	Bangui	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$17207

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$808
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$494
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$496
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$836
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$858
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$505
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$671
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$621
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$596
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$536
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$957
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$644
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$793
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$543
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$698
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1363
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$849
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1241
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$879
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$618
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$595
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$665
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$755
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$928
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$538
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1413
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$508
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$505
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$555
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$536
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$960
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$708
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$520
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$536
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$397
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864

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