Dubai vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dubai	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2514	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5509	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1723	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$3020	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4067	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	94
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	3.94M	4.04M

The cost of living in Dubai is 122% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 848th and 4867th ($2514 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Dubai compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 158th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs New Taipei

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	Dubai	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.32	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.9	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2095	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1336	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3716	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$96.1	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.52%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7516	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3977	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.15	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.4	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.12	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.44	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.7	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.82	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$857	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15029	$17207

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1419
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2521
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1228
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1449
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1078
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$792
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1849
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1081
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1770
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$529
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$568
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$534
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1237
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1201
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1230
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$908
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$573
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1008
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$553
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$873
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$530
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$624
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$930
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$477
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$463
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$808
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$545
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$483

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