Columbus vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	95
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	906K	4.04M

The cost of living in Columbus is 112% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1248th and 5212th ($2252 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 2nd in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 242nd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs New Taipei

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	Columbus	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$13786

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

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