New Taipei vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$2576
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$5834
🏠 One person rent	$394	$1582
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$2702
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$610
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$3483
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	86
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	4.36M	2.79M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 61% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 5229th and 571st ($1011 vs $2576) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th 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 1.4 months in Toronto. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 181st and 36th 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	$4.75	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1662
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1377
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$2941
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$2385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$98.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$10196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$8230
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$2.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$2.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$52.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$62.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$18837

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2390
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2600
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2358
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2128
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2192
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2578
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2293
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2244
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$2073
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2218
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1734
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1821
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1915
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2125
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1408
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1949
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2084
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2217
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2194
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2031
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2156
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2004
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2074
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2049
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2085
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1816
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2178
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2151
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2190