New Taipei vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$394	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$2566
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	71
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	4.36M	7.01M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 38% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5229th and 2922nd ($1011 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Saudi Arabia 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 Riyadh. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 181st and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Riyadh

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	New Taipei	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$9649

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561