New Taipei vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$510	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	43
😀 Quality of life	87	61
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.4M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 30% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4867th and 6373rd ($1135 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 387th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Ulaanbaatar

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	New Taipei	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600