New Taipei vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$2757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$6734
🏠 One person rent	$394	$1795
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$3490
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$4345
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	82
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	4.36M	468K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 63% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 5229th and 304th ($1011 vs $2757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 266th in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.6 months in Raleigh. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Raleigh ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 181st and 235th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Raleigh

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	New Taipei	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$3656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$3034
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$83.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$9360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$4247
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$5.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$5.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$6.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$4.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$22084

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2313
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1731
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2271
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2161
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2112
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2163
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2071
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2159
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2236
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2063
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2031
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1787
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2084
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2084
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1947
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2098
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2053
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2020
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2052
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2056
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2082
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2105
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2139
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2074
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1929
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2112
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$2056
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2191
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2014
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2441
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2229
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2218
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1857