Kathmandu vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison
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Kathmandu | Taipei | |
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🚶 Cost of living one person | ||
👨👩👧👦 Cost of living Family | ||
🏠 One person rent | ||
🏘️ Family rent | ||
🍽️ Food expenses | ||
🚐 Transport expenses | ||
💳 Monthly salary after tax | ||
😷 Air quality | ||
✈️ Airport proximity | ||
🎓 Higher education | ||
😀 Quality of life | ||
🏙️ Population |
The cost of living in Kathmandu is 62% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8885th and 4715th ($443 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.5 months in Taipei. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6524th and 311th among best cities to live in the world.
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Prices in Kathmandu vs Taipei
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Kathmandu | Taipei | |
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Eating Out | ||
🍱 Lunch Menu | ||
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2 | ||
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's | ||
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz | ||
☕ Cappuccino | ||
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz | ||
Rent & Utilities | ||
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 | ||
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 | ||
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 | ||
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 | ||
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc. | ||
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc. | ||
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited | ||
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years | ||
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 | ||
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 | ||
Transportation | ||
🚌 Local transport ticket | ||
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport | ||
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi | ||
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal | ||
Groceries | ||
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt | ||
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb | ||
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🥚 Eggs, x12 | ||
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt | ||
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz | ||
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle | ||
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz | ||
🚬 Cigarette pack | ||
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week | ||
🧴 Hair Shampoo | ||
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls | ||
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube | ||
Other | ||
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month | ||
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person | ||
👩⚕️ Doctor's visit | ||
💇 Haircut, simple | ||
👖 Brand Jeans | ||
👟 Brand Sneakers | ||
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month | ||
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year |
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124 km or 77 mi | Janakpur | |
146 km or 91 mi | Pokhara | |
183 km or 114 mi | Muzaffarpur | |
222 km or 138 mi | Gorakhpur | |
234 km or 145 mi | Biratnagar | |
235 km or 146 mi | Patna | |
238 km or 148 mi | Saharsa | |
261 km or 162 mi | Damak | |
300 km or 186 mi | Purnia | |
320 km or 199 mi | Bhagalpur | |
322 km or 200 mi | Siliguri | |
332 km or 206 mi | Gaya | |
346 km or 215 mi | Jaunpur | |
355 km or 220 mi | Varanasi | |
359 km or 223 mi | Raiganj | |
384 km or 239 mi | Shigatse | |
398 km or 247 mi | Mirzapur | |
400 km or 249 mi | Paro | |
410 km or 255 mi | Malda | |
411 km or 256 mi | Saidpur | |
421 km or 262 mi | Thimphu | |
431 km or 268 mi | Allahabad | |
438 km or 272 mi | Balurghat | |
443 km or 275 mi | Rangpur | |
447 km or 278 mi | Lucknow | |
449 km or 279 mi | Dhanbad | |
468 km or 291 mi | Kulti | |
476 km or 296 mi | Asansol | |
479 km or 298 mi | Dhangadhi | |
485 km or 301 mi | Ranchi | |
493 km or 306 mi | Rajshahi | |
495 km or 307 mi | Berhampore | |
503 km or 313 mi | Durgapur | |
510 km or 317 mi | Bheemdatta | |
510 km or 317 mi | Bogra | |
517 km or 321 mi | Kanpur | |
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Distance | City | Cost of living |
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9.6 km or 6 mi | New Taipei | |
23 km or 14 mi | Keelung | |
39 km or 24 mi | Taoyuan | |
39 km or 24 mi | Yilan | |
58 km or 36 mi | Zhubei | |
63 km or 39 mi | Hsinchu | |
89 km or 56 mi | Miaoli | |
133 km or 82 mi | Taichung | |
149 km or 92 mi | Changhua | |
152 km or 95 mi | Nantou | |
180 km or 112 mi | Douliu | |
206 km or 128 mi | Chiayi | |
252 km or 157 mi | Fuzhou | |
257 km or 160 mi | Putian | |
258 km or 160 mi | Taitung | |
267 km or 166 mi | Tainan | |
270 km or 168 mi | Ningde | |
276 km or 172 mi | Ishigaki | |
297 km or 185 mi | Quanzhou | |
298 km or 185 mi | Kaohsiung | |
299 km or 186 mi | Jinjiang | |
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330 km or 205 mi | Kinmen | |
340 km or 211 mi | Wenzhou | |
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371 km or 230 mi | Wenling | |
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380 km or 236 mi | Nanping | |
395 km or 246 mi | Zhangzhou | |
411 km or 255 mi | Lishui | |
414 km or 257 mi | Sanming | |
425 km or 264 mi | Linhai | |
454 km or 282 mi | Longyan | |
461 km or 286 mi | Wuyishan | |
488 km or 303 mi | Jinhua | |
495 km or 308 mi | Yiwu | |
508 km or 316 mi | Quzhou | |
518 km or 322 mi | Shangrao | |
520 km or 323 mi | Chaozhou | |
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