New Taipei vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$510	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$4100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	81
😀 Quality of life	87	92
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.43M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 44% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 4867th and 1930th ($1135 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1571st 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 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 2 months in San Antonio. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 387th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs San Antonio

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	New Taipei	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154