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New Taipei City vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

New Taipei City is 16.8% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 26.0% less in New Taipei City
Groceries: pay 88.4% more in New Taipei City
Transportation: pay 29.8% more in New Taipei City
Housing: pay 25.6% more in New Taipei City
Childcare: pay 6.1% more in New Taipei City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.3% more in New Taipei City
Clothing: pay 15.9% less in New Taipei City

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

New Taipei City vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 26.0% less for restaurants

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$4.92 NT$153.80	-58.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$5.41 NT$169.19	-9.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$0.87 NT$27.34	-36.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$0.62 NT$19.32	+1.0%
Average			-26.0%

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pay 88.4% more for groceries

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$1.97 NT$61.52	+132.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$6.43 NT$201.10	+2.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$12.05 NT$376.89	+160.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$2.82 NT$88.18	+67.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$3.56 NT$111.25	+44.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$1.93 NT$60.46	+138.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$1.09 NT$34.15	+25.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$1.04 NT$32.44	+15.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$1.29 NT$40.46	-21.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$1.64 NT$51.16	+283.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$0.76 NT$23.72	+123.9%
Average			+88.4%

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pay 29.8% more for transportation

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$3.84 NT$120.25	+35.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$39.32 NT$1,230.44	+7.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$37,686.38 NT$1,179,169.22	+1.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$10.00 NT$312.74	+74.5%
Average			+29.8%

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pay 25.6% more for housing

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$24.39 NT$763.04	+212.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$581.67 NT$18,199.98	-53.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$433.18 NT$13,553.86	-38.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$91.89 NT$2,875.04	-16.9%
Average			+25.6%

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pay 6.1% more for childcare

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$589.87 NT$18,456.56	-10.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$17,477.74 NT$546,861.09	+22.3%
Average			+6.1%

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pay 9.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$1.72 NT$53.83	-58.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$2.43 NT$75.88	-23.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$4.92 NT$153.80	+64.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$39.74 NT$1,243.33	-10.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$11.47 NT$358.88	+74.7%
Average			+9.3%

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pay 15.9% less for clothing

	Moscow	New Taipei City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$74.83 NT$2,341.25	-1.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$47.46 NT$1,485.07	-0.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$90.94 NT$2,845.39	-26.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$101.58 NT$3,178.43	-35.2%
Average			-15.9%

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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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