New Taipei vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$469	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	86	100
🏙️ Population	4.04M	4.84M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 58% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5000th and 745th ($1073 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Australia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 302nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Sydney

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	New Taipei	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683