Berlin vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Berlin	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2104	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5039	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$288	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3287	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	3.76M	4.04M

The cost of living in Berlin is 99% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1583rd and 5212th ($2104 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 23rd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs New Taipei

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	Berlin	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.15	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1178	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$855	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2408	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1752	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8742	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6444	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.43	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.7	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.8	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.4	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$322	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8961	$13786

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1739
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1783
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1775
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1739
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1786
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1730
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1717
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1780
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1739
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1690
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1752
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1737
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1671
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1687
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1713
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1734
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1714
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1574
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1692
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1482
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1469
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1393
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1261
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1386
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1387
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1345
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1513
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1470
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1349
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1365
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1169
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1384
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$931
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605