Canberra vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Canberra	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2019	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4571	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$519	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3565	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	94
😀 Quality of life	86	87
🏙️ Population	381K	4.04M

The cost of living in Canberra is 78% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1949th and 4867th ($2019 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 2nd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Canberra ranked 10th best city to live in Australia vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 413th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs New Taipei

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	Canberra	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.5	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.6	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1543	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.7	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.01%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7420	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4762	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.28	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.15	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1751	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13305	$17207

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1678
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1580
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1568
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1364
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1599
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2292
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1888
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2640
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2181
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1667
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1747
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1662
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1839
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1813
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1725
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1706
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1736
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1681
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1362
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2308
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1768
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1728
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1738
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1673
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2058
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1464
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1184
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1771
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1786
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1660
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2127
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1639

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