Canberra vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Canberra	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2604	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5825	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1591	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$2539	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2863	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	95
😀 Quality of life	82	88
🏙️ Population	381K	4.36M

The cost of living in Canberra is 158% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 522nd and 5229th ($2604 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Canberra compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Canberra ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 367th and 181st 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	$32.8	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$136	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.67	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.84	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1634	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2762	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2099	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$238	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.3	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8209	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6798	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.11	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.51	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1861	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14837	$11035

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1723
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1430
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1610
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1463
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1691
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2348
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1903
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2741
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$1998
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1669
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1404
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1672
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1461
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1707
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1719
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1716
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1693
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1702
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1317
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2356
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1746
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1707
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1708
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1658
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1688
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1327
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1354
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1462
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1819
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1723
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2203
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1552

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589