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New Taipei City vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

New Taipei City is 14.5% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 48.9% less in New Taipei City
Groceries: pay 23.8% more in New Taipei City
Transportation: pay 72.5% more in New Taipei City
Housing: pay 10.7% more in New Taipei City
Childcare: pay 48.8% more in New Taipei City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.3% less in New Taipei City
Clothing: pay 0.2% less in New Taipei City

The cost of transportation, childcare, groceries, and housing in New Taipei City are more expensive than in Mexico City. Expenses including restaurants, entertainment and sports, and clothing are lower in New Taipei City.

New Taipei City vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Taipei City instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 48.9% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$197.31	$4.92 NT$153.80	-54.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$160.32	$5.41 NT$169.19	-38.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.47	$0.87 NT$27.34	-49.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.70	$0.62 NT$19.32	-52.6%
Average			-48.9%

Mexico City vs. New Taipei City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 23.8% more for groceries

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.71	$1.97 NT$61.52	-25.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.60	$6.43 NT$201.10	+27.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.83	$12.05 NT$376.89	+84.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.38	$2.82 NT$88.18	+8.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.15	$3.56 NT$111.25	-6.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.88	$1.93 NT$60.46	+41.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.54	$1.09 NT$34.15	+36.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.69	$1.04 NT$32.44	+6.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.47	$1.29 NT$40.46	+42.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.42	$1.64 NT$51.16	+70.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.07	$0.76 NT$23.72	-23.8%
Average			+23.8%

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pay 72.5% more for transportation

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.37	$3.84 NT$120.25	-25.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$355.17	$39.32 NT$1,230.44	+101.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	$37,686.38 NT$1,179,169.22	+88.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.42	$10.00 NT$312.74	+125.9%
Average			+72.5%

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pay 10.7% more for housing

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$562.20	$24.39 NT$763.04	-21.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	$581.67 NT$18,199.98	-46.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	$433.18 NT$13,553.86	-36.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$679.03	$91.89 NT$2,875.04	+145.9%
Average			+10.7%

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pay 48.8% more for childcare

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	$589.87 NT$18,456.56	+37.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	$17,477.74 NT$546,861.09	+60.4%
Average			+48.8%

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pay 5.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.19	$1.72 NT$53.83	-47.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.31	$2.43 NT$75.88	-36.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.93	$4.92 NT$153.80	+13.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	$39.74 NT$1,243.33	-32.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$118.39	$11.47 NT$358.88	+76.1%
Average			-5.3%

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pay 0.2% less for clothing

	Mexico City	New Taipei City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	$74.83 NT$2,341.25	+22.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$873.77	$47.46 NT$1,485.07	-1.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	$90.94 NT$2,845.39	-14.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	$101.58 NT$3,178.43	-8.4%
Average			-0.2%

Mexico City vs. New Taipei City - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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