Berlin vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Berlin	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4765	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1134	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$2203	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$266	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3496	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	95	88
🏙️ Population	3.68M	4.36M

The cost of living in Berlin is 99% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1759th and 5229th ($2013 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Berlin compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Berlin ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 19th and 181st 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	$12.4	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.5	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1192	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$858	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1755	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9186	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6527	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.8	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.2	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.84	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.14	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.88	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.6	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9556	$11035

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1671
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1729
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1715
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1656
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1735
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1601
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1629
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1701
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1673
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1581
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1695
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1689
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1622
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1607
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1618
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1656
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1628
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1536
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1677
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1372
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1443
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1280
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1288
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1298
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1263
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1271
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1379
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1370
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1348
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1297
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1196
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1249
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$848
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589