New Taipei vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New Taipei	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1060	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2992	$2567
🏠 One person rent	$464	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1087	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1661	$856
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	95	22
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.96M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 0.9% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5212th and 5280th ($1060 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Taiwan and Mexico, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in New Taipei compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 279th and 5480th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Tijuana

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	New Taipei	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.67	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$8.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$3.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$890	$741
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$56.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$2860
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4941	$1715
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$29.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.92	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$6.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.01	$6.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.54	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.87	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.9	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$4.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.5	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$504	$185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13786	$2656

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$922
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2877
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$2973
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3346
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2936
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2799
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2821
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2765
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2853
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2795
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2718
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2783
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$2926
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$912
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2579
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2886
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3006
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2650
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2717
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2828
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2587
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2789
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2653
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2644