Belgrade vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$717	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	74	87
🏙️ Population	1.2M	4.04M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 18% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4408th and 4867th ($1335 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Serbia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 2116th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs New Taipei

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	Belgrade	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$17207

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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