Edmonton vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edmonton	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1785	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4092	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$955	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1589	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3052	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	95
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	1.01M	4.04M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 68% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2563rd and 5212th ($1785 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 100th and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Edmonton ranked 13th best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 172nd and 279th 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	$14.2	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.36	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$929	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1576	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2798	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.59	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.8	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8270	$13786

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1723
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1727
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2149
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1914
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1854
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$2001
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1586
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1781
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2139
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2250
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1678
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2150
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2011
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2469
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2498
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1642
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1566
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1983
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2417
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2589
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2650
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2278
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2330
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1917

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