New Taipei vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New Taipei	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2992	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$464	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$1087	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1661	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	65
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.25M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 29% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5212th and 3679th ($1060 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in New Taipei compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 279th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Sharjah

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	New Taipei	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.67	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$890	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4941	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.92	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.01	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.54	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.87	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.5	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$504	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13786	$5054

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507