New Taipei vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$469	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	94	5
😀 Quality of life	86	34
🏙️ Population	4.04M	115K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 154% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 5000th and 8915th ($1073 vs $422) 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 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 302nd and 7592nd 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	$4.61	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300