Dusseldorf vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dusseldorf	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1861	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4578	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1029	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1905	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$527	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3480	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	95
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	629K	4.04M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 76% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2278th and 5212th ($1861 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 26th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs New Taipei

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	Dusseldorf	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.8	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.17	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.23	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$959	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1887	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7923	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6295	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.9	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.97	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.77	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.9	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$657	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22103	$13786

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1566
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1548
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1571
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1556
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1578
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1527
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1620
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1505
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1558
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1489
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1441
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1538
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1464
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1463
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1465
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1425
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1652
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1497
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1638
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1543
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1461
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1206
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1479
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1415
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1525
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1582
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1441
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1478
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1470
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1851

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