New Taipei vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$2195
🏠 One person rent	$510	$443
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$741
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$50
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$746
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	47
😀 Quality of life	87	66
🏙️ Population	4.04M	276K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 22% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 4867th and 6050th ($1135 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 387th and 5081st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Sarajevo

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	New Taipei	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$8.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$8.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$2.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$387
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$25.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$3478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$2305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$8.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$7.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$6.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$3470

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$618
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$760
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$707
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$669
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$734
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$883
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1610
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$920
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1539
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$858
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1261
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1623
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1107
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$967
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1515
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$617
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1047
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1503
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1195
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$685
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1111
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1072
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1335
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$918
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1153
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1115
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$819
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1107
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$557
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$665
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1033
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1322
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$655
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$965
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$832