Lisbon vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lisbon	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1738	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4010	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1101	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1921	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$405	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1351	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	95
😀 Quality of life	82	87
🏙️ Population	546K	4.04M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 64% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2758th and 5212th ($1738 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Portugal and Taiwan, respectively. Check Portugal vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lisbon compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Lisbon ranked 1st best city to live in Portugal vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 437th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lisbon vs New Taipei

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	Lisbon	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.76	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1300	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2473	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1564	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6911	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3548	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.48	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.72	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.6	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16143	$13786

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1694
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1385
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1401
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1460
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1418
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1293
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1332
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1618
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1460
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1453
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1491
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1408
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1534
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1834
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1412
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1357
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1202
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1266
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1348
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1312
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1350
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1323
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1314
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1321
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1301
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1425
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1237
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1256
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1624
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1206
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1351
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1275
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1213
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1249
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1228
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1221
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1235
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1162

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