New Taipei vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$510	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	87	100
🏙️ Population	4.04M	5.45M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 57% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4867th and 649th ($1135 vs $2640) 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 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 387th and 3rd 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	$4.87	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710