Maputo vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Maputo	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$915	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2130	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$428	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$677	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.3	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	94
😀 Quality of life	42	87
🏙️ Population	1.13M	4.04M

The cost of living in Maputo is 19% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6137th and 4867th ($915 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Mozambique and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Maputo compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7527th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs New Taipei

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	Maputo	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.36	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$448	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.6	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.12%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2063	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.65	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.89	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5749	$17207

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$908
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$469
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$599
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$827
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$830
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$838
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$740
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$826
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$892
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$975
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$984
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$890
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$892
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$706
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$984
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$875
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$940
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$808
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$762
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$650
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$577
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$514
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$873
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$598
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$637
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$536
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$996
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$901
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$607

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