Calgary vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	95
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.31M	4.04M

The cost of living in Calgary is 103% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1473rd and 5212th ($2149 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 131st and 279th 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	$16.9	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$13786

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

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