New Taipei vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$510	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	49
😀 Quality of life	87	63
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.64M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 40% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4867th and 6617th ($1135 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 387th and 5603rd 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	$4.87	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$4627

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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

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821