Dusseldorf vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dusseldorf	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1944	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4713	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1869	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4092	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	95	89
🏙️ Population	631K	4.05M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 75% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2220th and 5023rd ($1944 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Dusseldorf ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 28th and 252nd 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	$15.8	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.3	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.45	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.51	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.48	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1119	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$828	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8456	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5329	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.7	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.6	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.9	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$907	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21698	$18576

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1668
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1639
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1660
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1673
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1620
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1722
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1618
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1739
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1588
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1724
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1603
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1644
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1588
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1665
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1701
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1600
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1579
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1467
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1663
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1592
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1669
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2007
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1626
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1642
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1584
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1601
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1609
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1671
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1561
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1686
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1481
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1580
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1573
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1990

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602