Islamabad vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Islamabad	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1034	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$199	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$1378
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	94
😀 Quality of life	50	87
🏙️ Population	1.01M	4.04M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 61% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8887th and 4867th ($443 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Islamabad ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6597th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs New Taipei

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	Islamabad	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.83	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98.8	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$178	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.4	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.73%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1311	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$775	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.39	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.05	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.75	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.64	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.22	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.7	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$61.1	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2738	$17207

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373

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