New Taipei vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$1210
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$2855
🏠 One person rent	$510	$568
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$1004
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$397
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	22
😀 Quality of life	87	63
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.96M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 6% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4867th and 4681st ($1135 vs $1210) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Taiwan and Mexico, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 387th and 5591st 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	$4.87	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$467
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$31.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	12.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$3040
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$2330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$44.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$8.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$4.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$44.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$4593

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3013
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3195
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3469
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2943
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2988
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2887
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2996
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2922
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3066
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3215
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2931
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2930
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3274
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$903
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2681
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2967
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3049
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2715
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2776
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2994
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2626
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2742
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2751
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2642