New Taipei vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$510	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	94	7
😀 Quality of life	87	57
🏙️ Population	4.04M	77.6K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 12% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4867th and 5469th ($1135 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Thailand, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 387th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Phuket

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	New Taipei	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866