Hamilton vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamilton	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2244	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4752	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1423	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3156	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	95
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	569K	4.36M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 122% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1178th and 5229th ($2244 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 2nd in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Hamilton ranked 11th best city to live in Canada vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 143rd and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs New Taipei

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	Hamilton	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.8	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1240	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2062	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.88%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16988	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.37	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.7	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.9	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.3	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1101	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21895	$11035

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2293
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2192
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1949
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2125
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2600
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2218
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2128
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2084
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$2217
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1734
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2576
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2390
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$2073
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$1821
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2358
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1816
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2194
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2578
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$1915
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2156
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2085
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2074
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2031
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1598
116 km or 72 mi	London	$2067
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1529
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1408
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2048
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$2004
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1738

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589