Edmonton vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edmonton	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1835	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4159	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$996	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1618	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3432	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	64	94
😀 Quality of life	91	90
🏙️ Population	1.01M	4.04M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 63% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2656th and 4931st ($1835 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Edmonton compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Edmonton ranked 7th best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 133rd and 183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs New Taipei

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	Edmonton	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$752	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1621	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1273	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.48%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2375	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$776	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9664	$21429

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1733
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1874
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2095
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1927
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1771
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1974
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1633
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1749
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1953
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2307
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1739
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2180
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2135
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2427
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2505
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1703
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1787
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2100
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2091
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2411
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2505
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2523
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2295
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2100

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612