New Taipei vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$2280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$5399
🏠 One person rent	$469	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$2721
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$2766
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	80
😀 Quality of life	86	91
🏙️ Population	4.04M	568K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 53% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 5000th and 1194th ($1073 vs $2280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Taiwan and Canada, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.2 months in Surrey. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Surrey ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 302nd and 122nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Surrey

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	New Taipei	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$69.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$1196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$2952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	6.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$9496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$8417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$2.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$122
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$2.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$3.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$84
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$862
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$12026

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606