New Taipei vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$469	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	80
😀 Quality of life	86	91
🏙️ Population	4.04M	737K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 64% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 5000th and 158th ($1073 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 140th 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 15th in the United States, while ranked 302nd and 98th 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	$4.61	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093