Bucharest vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$525	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	94
😀 Quality of life	81	87
🏙️ Population	1.72M	4.04M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 2% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4913th and 4867th ($1116 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 646th and 387th 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	$11.7	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$17207

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749

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