New Taipei vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Taipei	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$815
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2876	$2531
🏠 One person rent	$394	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$1256
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$82.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1496	$267
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	30
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	4.36M	6.87M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 24% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 5229th and 6331st ($1011 vs $815) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Myanmar, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.3 months in Yangon. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 181st and 7374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Yangon

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	New Taipei	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$25.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$5.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$686
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$293
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1097	$1515
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$766	$1099
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$15.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$24.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	11.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$1434
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5036	$344
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$8.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.98	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$8.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.74	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$2.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.42	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$2.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$26.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11035	$14094

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$710
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$709
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$605
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$566
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$659
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$577
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$496
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$615
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$668
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$656
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$462
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$481
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$571
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$677
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$617
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$704
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$594
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$715
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$902
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$716
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$714
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$669
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$614
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$647
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$665
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$518
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$653
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$389
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1233
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$500
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1195
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$532
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1212
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$619
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$588
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$362
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$579
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$614