New Taipei vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$4545
🏠 One person rent	$394	$973
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$1971
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$85.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$3962
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	4.36M	398K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 43% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 5229th and 2417th ($1011 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1921st in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 2.2 months in Wichita. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Wichita ranked 91st in the United States, while ranked 181st and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Wichita

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	New Taipei	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$5.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$811
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$741
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$2293
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$1519
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$1561
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$1485
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$54.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$3.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$4.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$913
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$15991

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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 Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1820
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1703
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1728
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1575
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1784
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1827
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1854
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1762
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1741
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1787
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1777
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1708
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1695
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1765
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1773
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1499
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1604
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1771
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1777
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1456
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1887
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1778
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$1996
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1880
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1969
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1943
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1956
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1944
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2157
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1836
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$2049
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1916
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2186
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2154
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2242
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2171
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$2144
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$2147
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2187