Lisbon vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lisbon	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1705	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1106	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1849	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.1	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1278	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	82	86
🏙️ Population	546K	4.04M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 59% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2671st and 5000th ($1705 vs $1073) 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 0.7 months in Lisbon compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Lisbon ranked 3rd best city to live in Portugal vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 475th and 302nd 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	$12.1	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.8	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.01	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.95	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1223	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$933	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2337	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.31%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6840	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3925	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.06	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$562	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15150	$18855

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1606
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1388
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1325
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1409
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1305
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1178
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1238
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1525
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1368
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1384
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1360
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1316
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1371
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1413
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1501
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1339
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1305
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1137
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1213
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1336
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1248
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1369
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1255
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1242
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1249
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1230
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1349
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1160
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1176
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1502
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1168
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1282
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1206
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1102
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1168
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1135
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1100
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1170
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$908
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1112

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