Calgary vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	1.31M	4.04M

The cost of living in Calgary is 83% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1781st and 4867th ($2079 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 160th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs New Taipei

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	Calgary	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$17207

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

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