Cologne vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cologne	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4479	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1819	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3275	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	95
😀 Quality of life	97	87
🏙️ Population	1.08M	4.04M

The cost of living in Cologne is 75% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2308th and 5212th ($1851 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 16th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs New Taipei

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	Cologne	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2061	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6540	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5856	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.37	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.82	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16860	$13786

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1593
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1620
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1586
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1580
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1566
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1582
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1572
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1530
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1594
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1765
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1578
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1652
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1558
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1531
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1415
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1571
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1453
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1550
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1566
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1527
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1548
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1542
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1861

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605