New Taipei vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$824
🏠 One person rent	$469	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	86	40
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.97M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 210% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5000th and 9093rd ($1073 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 20th in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 302nd and 6958th 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	$4.61	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596