New Taipei vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$394	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$818
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	8
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	4.36M	24.7K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 37% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5229th and 3034th ($1011 vs $1608) 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 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 181st and 5511th 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	$4.75	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$8062

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524