Chennai vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$152	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	94
😀 Quality of life	66	86
🏙️ Population	6.6M	4.04M

The cost of living in Chennai is 60% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8897th and 5000th ($430 vs $1073) 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 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 4021st and 302nd 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	$1.83	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$18855

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581