Bucharest vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$496	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	95
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	1.72M	4.04M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 2% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5404th and 5212th ($1036 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Romania and Taiwan, respectively. Check Romania vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 642nd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs New Taipei

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	Bucharest	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$13786

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

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