New Taipei vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$394	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$643
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	24
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	4.36M	7.82M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 36% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 5229th and 6604th ($1011 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 53rd in Taiwan and China, respectively. Check Taiwan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 181st and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Shangqiu

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	New Taipei	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$14498

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543