Makassar vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Makassar	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$524	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1228	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$246	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.4	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$251	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	95
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	1.34M	4.04M

The cost of living in Makassar is 51% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8488th and 5212th ($524 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 2nd in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Makassar compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Makassar ranked 6th best city to live in Indonesia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5769th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Makassar vs New Taipei

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	Makassar	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.98	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.98	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$437	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.2	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.95%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1650	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$656	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.98	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.37	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.3	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.03	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.01	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.8	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.96	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.85	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.8	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$89.9	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3666	$13786

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Cities near Makassar

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Parepare	$515
253 km or 157 mi	Palopo	$534
358 km or 223 mi	Baubau	$509
376 km or 233 mi	Kendari	$516
379 km or 235 mi	Bima	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Palu	$577
523 km or 325 mi	Balikpapan	$638
529 km or 329 mi	Mataram	$380
549 km or 341 mi	Banjarbaru	$488
572 km or 355 mi	Banjarmasin	$503
573 km or 356 mi	Samarinda	$620
592 km or 368 mi	Ubud	$892
607 km or 377 mi	Denpasar	$530
614 km or 382 mi	Bali	$1121
623 km or 387 mi	Bontang	$592
691 km or 429 mi	Palangka Raya	$505
723 km or 450 mi	Kupang	$533
744 km or 462 mi	Probolinggo	$518
750 km or 466 mi	Gorontalo	$465
771 km or 479 mi	Maliana	$511
771 km or 479 mi	Pasuruan	$495
774 km or 481 mi	Surabaya	$558
779 km or 484 mi	Dili	$521
796 km or 495 mi	Ainaro	$512
814 km or 506 mi	Mojokerto	$512
814 km or 506 mi	Malang	$388
820 km or 509 mi	Batu	$427
861 km or 535 mi	Baucau	$511
867 km or 539 mi	Blitar	$470
870 km or 541 mi	Kediri	$487
915 km or 569 mi	Madiun	$507
952 km or 592 mi	Manado	$463
958 km or 595 mi	Tarakan	$560
974 km or 605 mi	Bitung	$467
984 km or 611 mi	Ambon	$535
988 km or 614 mi	Surakarta	$434
1015 km or 631 mi	Salatiga	$447
1015 km or 631 mi	Semarang	$550
1043 km or 648 mi	Yogyakarta	$453
1062 km or 660 mi	Tawau	$572

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