New Taipei vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New Taipei	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2992	$820
🏠 One person rent	$464	$125
🏘️ Family rent	$1087	$220
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$127
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1661	$193
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	95	48
😀 Quality of life	87	40
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.97M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 213% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5212th and 9126th ($1060 vs $338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 19th in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in New Taipei compared to 0.6 months in Peshawar. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Peshawar ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 279th and 6896th 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	$4.67	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$3.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$98
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$44.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$890	$97.5
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	20.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4941	$151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$7.15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.92	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.01	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$3.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$0.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.54	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.87	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$9.61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.5	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$504	$28.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13786	$525

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659