New Taipei vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$469	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$4579
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	54
😀 Quality of life	86	86
🏙️ Population	4.04M	525K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 62% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 5000th and 313th ($1073 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 277th 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 Sacramento. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 302nd and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Sacramento

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	New Taipei	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$29998

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045