Houston vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Houston	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2240	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2042	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4580	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	2.3M	4.04M

The cost of living in Houston is 97% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1375th and 4867th ($2240 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1186th 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 2 months in Houston compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Houston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 77th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs New Taipei

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	Houston	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.42	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1397	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$997	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2394	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1614	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.4	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2608	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1961	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.5	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.68	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.88	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$141	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23708	$17207

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2240
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2177
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2216
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2094
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2155
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2308
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2376
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2110
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2095
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2067
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1828
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1948
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2020
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1592
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1900
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1993
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1883
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2029
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1493
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2416
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2148
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2136
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2222
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2188
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2215
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2210
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2241
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2279
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2233

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589