New Taipei vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$2974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$7082
🏠 One person rent	$394	$1895
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$3327
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$708
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$6506
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	80
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	4.36M	737K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 66% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 5229th and 145th ($1011 vs $2974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 120th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Seattle ranked 19th in the United States, while ranked 181st and 125th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Seattle

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	New Taipei	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$8.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$2036
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$3765
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$2858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$9273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$5449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$96.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$3.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$4.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$6.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$177
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$62.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$1999
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$29730

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3345
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2920
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2514
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2507
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3118
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2157
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3262
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2463
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2729
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2837
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2651
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2549
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2827
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2597
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2604
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2830
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2652
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2733
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2461
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2585
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2402
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2546
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2500
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2576
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2470
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2210