Budapest vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$707	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$1378
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	82	87
🏙️ Population	1.69M	4.04M

The cost of living in Budapest is 21% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4312th and 4867th ($1377 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Hungary and Taiwan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 636th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs New Taipei

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	Budapest	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$17207

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162

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