New Taipei vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$857
🏠 One person rent	$394	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$175
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	95	48
😀 Quality of life	88	42
🏙️ Population	4.36M	1.97M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 187% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5229th and 9085th ($1011 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th 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 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 181st and 6943rd 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	$4.75	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$457

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632