Medina vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medina	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1215	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2317	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$696	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$765	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	20	94
😀 Quality of life	66	86
🏙️ Population	1.41M	4.04M

The cost of living in Medina is 13% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4439th and 5000th ($1215 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Medina compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Medina ranked 4th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 3899th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medina vs New Taipei

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	Medina	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.65	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.01	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.76	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$338	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$503	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$715	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.02%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3743	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1120	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.34	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.25	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$290	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7421	$18855

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Cities near Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905

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