New Taipei vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$510	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	87	89
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.4M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 36% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4867th and 2821st ($1135 vs $1778) 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 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 1.3 months in Prague. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 387th and 277th 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	$4.87	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284