Columbus vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	906K	4.04M

The cost of living in Columbus is 100% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1476th and 5000th ($2145 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 249th and 302nd 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	$18.9	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$18855

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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