Chennai vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chennai	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$437	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1065	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$159	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$272	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$321	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	94
😀 Quality of life	65	87
🏙️ Population	6.6M	4.04M

The cost of living in Chennai is 61% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8898th and 4867th ($437 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd in India and Taiwan, respectively. Check India vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chennai compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Chennai ranked 5th best city to live in India vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5272nd and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs New Taipei

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	Chennai	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.25	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.91	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.96	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1914	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.87	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.8	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.79	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.4	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.8	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1729	$17207

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286

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