Multan vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Multan	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$403	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$954	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$139	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$224	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$124	$1378
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	0 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	94
😀 Quality of life	25	87
🏙️ Population	1.87M	4.04M

The cost of living in Multan is 64% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8968th and 4867th ($403 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Multan compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Multan ranked 22nd best city to live in Pakistan vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8960th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Multan vs New Taipei

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	Multan	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.96	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98.6	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.6	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$177	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$115	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.7	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.1	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.1%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1420	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$610	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.72	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.03	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.22	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.53	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.64	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.84	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.85	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.9	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.97	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.04	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.3	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.7	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1267	$17207

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Cities near Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$362
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$347
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$294
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$351
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$303
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$291
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$333
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$372
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$376
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$290
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$427
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$302
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$322
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$380
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$320
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$340
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$393
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$364
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$311
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$277
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$337
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$344
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$334
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$291
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$336
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$401
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$284
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$421
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$262
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$322
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$354
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$335

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