New Taipei vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New Taipei	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2992	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$464	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1087	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1661	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	92
😀 Quality of life	87	86
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.38M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 35% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5212th and 3084th ($1060 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Taiwan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in New Taipei compared to 1.1 months in Prague. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 279th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Prague

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	New Taipei	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.67	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$890	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4941	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.92	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.01	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.54	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.87	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.5	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$504	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13786	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141