New Taipei vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$510	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$236
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	94	5
😀 Quality of life	87	42
🏙️ Population	4.04M	115K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 170% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4867th and 8940th ($1135 vs $420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Taiwan and Bhutan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 387th and 7547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Thimphu

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	New Taipei	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$17.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$17.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$26.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$4.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$1.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$43.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$653

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$450
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$308
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$311
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$918
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$316
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$298
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$348
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$321
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$338
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$297
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$981
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$284
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$287
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$297
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$282
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$281
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$321
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$293
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$294
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$427
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$464
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$362
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$348
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$328
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$300
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$286
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$320
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$289
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$286
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$289