New York City vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$1248
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$3144
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$586
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$1014
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$1768
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	95	90
🏙️ Population	8.8M	2.43M

The cost of living in New York City is 237% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 4th and 4646th ($4202 vs $1248) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 15th and 178th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Taipei

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	New York City	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$5.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$47.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$3.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$684
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$472
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$1254
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$835
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$43.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$67.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$27.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	2.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$13487
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$8490
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$8.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$3.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$2.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$9.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$4.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$2.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$40.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$9.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$81.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$642
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$16947

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1123
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$979
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$989
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$792
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$889
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$921
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$687
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$942
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$874
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$868
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$884
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$904
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$679
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$673
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$844
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$938
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$672
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$643
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$717
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$892
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$774
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$729
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$687
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$689
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$686
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$640
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$677
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$705
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$617
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$611
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$696
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$628
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$684
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$474
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$612