New Taipei vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$510	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$3732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	87	97
🏙️ Population	4.04M	2.15M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 55% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4867th and 843rd ($1135 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and France, respectively. Check Taiwan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 1.5 months in Paris. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 387th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Paris

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	New Taipei	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488