New Taipei vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$469	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	43
😀 Quality of life	86	64
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.08M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 39% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5000th and 6565th ($1073 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Taiwan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 302nd and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Nur-Sultan

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	New Taipei	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$5487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512