New Taipei vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$469	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	86
😀 Quality of life	86	93
🏙️ Population	4.04M	2.79M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 56% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 5000th and 861st ($1073 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Taiwan and Canada, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Canada 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 Toronto. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 302nd and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Toronto

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	New Taipei	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095