Maseru vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$219	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	16	94
😀 Quality of life	13	86
🏙️ Population	344K	4.04M

The cost of living in Maseru is 42% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7441st and 5000th ($621 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lesotho and Taiwan, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 9104th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs New Taipei

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	Maseru	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$18855

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581