New Taipei vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New Taipei	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2892	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$482	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1360	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	8
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	4.05M	24.7K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 33% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5023rd and 3471st ($1108 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the Seychelles 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 Victoria. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 252nd and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Victoria

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	New Taipei	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.9	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.72%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13830	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7127	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.5	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.67	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.19	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.19	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.6	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.75	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$656	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18576	$8971

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419