New Taipei vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$469	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	86	80
🏙️ Population	4.04M	17.7M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 17% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5000th and 5950th ($1073 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 302nd and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Shenzhen

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	New Taipei	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609