New Taipei vs Oakland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Oakland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$3123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$8266
🏠 One person rent	$394	$1974
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$4255
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$783
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$5741
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	97
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	4.36M	441K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 68% less expensive than in Oakland. Cities ranked 5229th and 85th ($1011 vs $3123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 72nd in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.8 months in Oakland. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Oakland ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 181st and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Oakland

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	New Taipei	Oakland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$30
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$5.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$2159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1715
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$5202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$3736
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$7041
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$7002
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$3.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$22.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$5.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$5.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$5.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$24.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$7.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$6.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$5.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$5.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$4.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$180
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$69.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$2755
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$19305

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589

Cities near Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3358
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3127
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2965
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$2969
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3729
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2840
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3042
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3046
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2876
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2660
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2929
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3133
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2782
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2860
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2968
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3147
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3163
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3219
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2697
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2947
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3518
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3583
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3135
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2922
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2824
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3109
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4148
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3567
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3300
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2900
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3003
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3389
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3186
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3313