New Taipei vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New Taipei	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2892	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$482	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1360	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	4.05M	1.47M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 5% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5023rd and 5278th ($1108 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 252nd and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Yekaterinburg

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	New Taipei	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.9	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.72%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13830	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7127	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.5	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.67	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.19	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.19	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.6	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.75	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$656	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18576	$7937

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688