Hiroshima vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$335	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$1589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	1.2M	4.04M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 18% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6156th and 5000th ($878 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 2nd in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 218th and 302nd 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	$6.03	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$18855

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

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