Lisbon vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Lisbon	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1694	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3935	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1058	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1856	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.7	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1220	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	95
😀 Quality of life	82	88
🏙️ Population	546K	4.36M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 68% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2695th and 5229th ($1694 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 2nd best city to live in Portugal vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 372nd and 181st 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	$12.3	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.2	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.4	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2252	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.7	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.18%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5778	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3415	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.16	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.2	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.97	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.2	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.87	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.87	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.44	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.4	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.8	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$570	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14616	$11035

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1674
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1379
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1331
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1415
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1318
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1240
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1295
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1423
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1381
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1408
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1438
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1347
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1412
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1463
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1682
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1360
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1328
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1204
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1310
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1356
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1258
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1283
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1270
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1251
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1260
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1223
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1214
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1156
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1176
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1192
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1103
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1303
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1202
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1181
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1237
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1024
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1199
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1257
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1114
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1202

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589