Glasgow vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	626K	4.05M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 91% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1712th and 5023rd ($2121 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 42nd and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs New Taipei

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	Glasgow	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$18576

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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