New Taipei vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$809
🏠 One person rent	$510	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	47
😀 Quality of life	87	43
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.97M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 239% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4867th and 9121st ($1135 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 21st in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 387th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Peshawar

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	New Taipei	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684