Edinburgh vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edinburgh	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5663	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2459	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3703	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	95
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	488K	4.04M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 112% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1263rd and 5212th ($2246 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 40th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs New Taipei

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	Edinburgh	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.67	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2692	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7033	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4677	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.9	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1775	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23136	$13786

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1744
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1710
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1625
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1647
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1793
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2013
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1793
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1599
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1573
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1390
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1420
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1800
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1734
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1706
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1571
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1602
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1830
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1424
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1459
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1364
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1467
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1528
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1783
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1467
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1763
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1989
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767

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