El Paso vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$980	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	94
😀 Quality of life	79	86
🏙️ Population	679K	4.04M

The cost of living in El Paso is 69% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5000th ($1813 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 2nd in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 633rd and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs New Taipei

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	El Paso	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$18855

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581