Hiroshima vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hiroshima	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$954	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2384	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$372	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$364	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1957	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	95
😀 Quality of life	71	88
🏙️ Population	1.2M	4.36M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 6% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5644th and 5229th ($954 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 584th and 2nd in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Hiroshima ranked 376th best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 2347th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs New Taipei

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	Hiroshima	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.34	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$255	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$783	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.9	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3758	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2699	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.3	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.81	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.34	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.14	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.9	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.2	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8672	$11035

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Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$884
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$889
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$887
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$907
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$908
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$885
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$885
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$899
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$895
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$881
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$901
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$909
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$879
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$892
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$872
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$967
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$860
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$882
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$850
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$903
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$895
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$906
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$904
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$879
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$911
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$909
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$907
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$919
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$915
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$815
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$771
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$888
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$827
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$885
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$909
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$906
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$902

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