Leipzig vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Leipzig	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1690	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3962	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$856	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1466	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$550	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3010	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	94
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	620K	4.04M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 49% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3162nd and 4867th ($1690 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 230th 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Leipzig ranked 15th best city to live in Germany vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 113th and 387th 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	$15.2	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.1	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.19	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.45	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$745	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$560	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1353	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4459	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2997	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.08	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.92	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.18	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10887	$17207

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401

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