New Taipei vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$469	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	94	7
😀 Quality of life	86	53
🏙️ Population	4.04M	77.6K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 14% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 5000th and 5827th ($1073 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Taiwan and Thailand, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 302nd and 6063rd 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	$4.61	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810