Columbus vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	94
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	906K	4.04M

The cost of living in Columbus is 92% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1512th and 4867th ($2181 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 217th and 387th 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	$19.3	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$17207

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

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