Manila vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manila	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$790	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1963	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$379	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.3	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$386	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	74	94
😀 Quality of life	65	87
🏙️ Population	1.85M	4.04M

The cost of living in Manila is 30% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6703rd and 4867th ($790 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in the Philippines and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Manila compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Manila ranked 3rd best city to live in the Philippines vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5220th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manila vs New Taipei

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	Manila	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.27	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.7	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$815	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.3	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3756	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2382	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.04	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.74	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.44	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$139	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16980	$17207

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Cities near Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$785
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$568
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$742
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$717
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$674
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$1009
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$657
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$432
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$642
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$807
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$555
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$540
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$651
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$760
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$561
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$628
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$536
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$570
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$692
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$511
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$519
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$617
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$525
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$414
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$613
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$630
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$575
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$542
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$616
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$489
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$535
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$531
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$477
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$624
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$425
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$471
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$598
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$532
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$448

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