New Taipei vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$510	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	82
😀 Quality of life	87	71
🏙️ Population	4.04M	5.65M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 17% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4867th and 5813th ($1135 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 387th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Saint Petersburg

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	New Taipei	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566