New Taipei vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$510	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	49
😀 Quality of life	87	56
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.57M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 105% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4867th and 8247th ($1135 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 41st in Taiwan and Iran, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 387th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Shiraz

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	New Taipei	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$2133

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719