New Taipei vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$2965
🏠 One person rent	$394	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$1625
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$28.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$545
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	95	7
😀 Quality of life	88	55
🏙️ Population	4.36M	77.6K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 16% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 5229th and 6130th ($1011 vs $870) 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 0.6 months in Phuket. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Phuket ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 181st and 5986th 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	$4.75	$4.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$2.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$66.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$2078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$2.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$3.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$57.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$8.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$4.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$13219

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$653
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$739
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$554
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$642
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$496
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$520
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$642
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$487
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$702
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$453
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$566
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$578
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$472
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$638
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$550
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$483
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$571
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$614
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$653
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$665
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$553
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$582
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$614
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743