Kathmandu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kathmandu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1087	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$127	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$214	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$253	$1378
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	94
😀 Quality of life	51	87
🏙️ Population	846K	4.04M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 62% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8921st and 4867th ($427 vs $1135) 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 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6559th and 387th 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	$1.76	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.36	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$158	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.8	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$284	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.19	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.29%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1810	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.4	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.22	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.68	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.2	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$75.8	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3066	$17207

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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	$293
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$328
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$293
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$320
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$281
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$316
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$284
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$297
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$297
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$279
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$273
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$298
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$918
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$276
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$450
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$297
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$311
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$420
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$300
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$297
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$308
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$339
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$289
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$289
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$286
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$369
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$294
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$289
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$287
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$320
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$348

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