Calgary vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	1.31M	4.04M

The cost of living in Calgary is 87% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1759th and 4931st ($2095 vs $1123) 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 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 187th and 183rd 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	$19.1	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$21429

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612