New Taipei vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$2395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$5245
🏠 One person rent	$469	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$2384
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$4432
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	69
😀 Quality of life	86	90
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.61M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 55% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 5000th and 955th ($1073 vs $2395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 875th in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.9 months in Phoenix. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Phoenix ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 302nd and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Phoenix

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	New Taipei	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$1215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$2412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$3133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$63.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$4.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$50.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$1103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$12281

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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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724