Kathmandu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kathmandu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1153	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$147	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$283	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$188	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.3	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$1661
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	95
😀 Quality of life	45	87
🏙️ Population	846K	4.04M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 58% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8885th and 5212th ($443 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Nepal and Taiwan, respectively. Check Nepal vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6524th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs New Taipei

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	Kathmandu	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.48	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.71	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.7	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$359	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$208	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.1	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.76%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2306	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1201	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.86	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.35	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.99	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.3	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.65	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.33	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.84	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.3	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.7	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4063	$13786

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$311
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$335
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$321
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$377
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$339
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$356
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$297
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$331
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$303
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$314
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$337
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$331
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$316
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$312
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$930
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$365
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$293
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$387
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$461
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$311
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$298
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$393
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$285
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$284
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$273
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$396
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$279
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$309
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$288
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$282
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$329
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$330

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605