Maputo vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Maputo	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1084	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3226	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$510	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1512	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$220	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	95
😀 Quality of life	41	88
🏙️ Population	1.19M	4.36M

The cost of living in Maputo is 7% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4791st and 5229th ($1084 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Mozambique and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Maputo compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 7059th and 181st 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	$10.9	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.53	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.96	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1851	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1202	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.2	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$105	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.2%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3602	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2315	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.5	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.64	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.3	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3971	$11035

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$978
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$447
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$558
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$739
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$866
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$746
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$631
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$741
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$755
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$783
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$889
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$908
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$776
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$780
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$637
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$875
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$751
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$845
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$701
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$682
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$535
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$605
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$511
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$837
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$511
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$656
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$719
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$631
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$554
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1014
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$689
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$603

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