New Taipei vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New Taipei	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2992	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$464	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$1087	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1661	$3414
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	99
😀 Quality of life	87	95
🏙️ Population	4.04M	2.15M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 55% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5212th and 998th ($1060 vs $2357) 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 1.6 months in New Taipei compared to 1.4 months in Paris. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 279th and 22nd 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	$4.67	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$890	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4941	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.92	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.01	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.54	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.87	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.5	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$504	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13786	$18941

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395