Monaco City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Monaco City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$9122	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9989	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$8093	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$6133	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$773	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.2	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8147	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	21	94
😀 Quality of life	80	87
🏙️ Population	38.4K	4.04M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 704% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1st and 4867th ($9122 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Monaco and Taiwan, respectively. Check Monaco vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Monaco City compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 738th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs New Taipei

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	Monaco City	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.3	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.5	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.8	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.88	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$8855	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7565	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6858	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5483	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$81879	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$73679	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.15	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.42	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.24	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.13	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.58	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.11	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.6	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.9	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.94	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.3	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.3	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2258	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$46461	$17207

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1488
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1884
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1867
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1504
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1915
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1473
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1257
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1336
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1642
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1438
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1478
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1620
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1268
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1582
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1700
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1308
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1733
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1469
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1624
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1316
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1761
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1615
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1536
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1263
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1525
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1770
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1498
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1474
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1264
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1414
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1662
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1393
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1656
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1792
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1582
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1510
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1406
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1781

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