New Taipei vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New Taipei	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$884
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2892	$2142
🏠 One person rent	$482	$421
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$738
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1360	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	89	61
🏙️ Population	4.05M	1.64M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 25% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 5023rd and 6431st ($1108 vs $884) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 30th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 1 months in Novosibirsk. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Novosibirsk ranked 11th in Russia, while ranked 252nd and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Novosibirsk

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	New Taipei	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.9	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$8.44
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.72%	20.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13830	$2533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7127	$1532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.5	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.67	$4.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.19	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.19	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.6	$6.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.75	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$1.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$25
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$66.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$656	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18576	$4901

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$772
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$720
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$737
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$719
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$808
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$576
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$571
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$553
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$595
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$791
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$834
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$880
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$530
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$564
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$550
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$813
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$747
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$537
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$487
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$661
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$969
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$701
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$557
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$543
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$592
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$600
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$694
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$575
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$531
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$547
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$690
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$532
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$842
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891