Leipzig vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$764	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	94
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	620K	4.04M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 41% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3353rd and 5000th ($1516 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 2nd in Germany and Taiwan, respectively. Check Germany vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 87th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs New Taipei

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	Leipzig	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$18855

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581