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New Taipei City vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

New Taipei City is 41.5% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 16.8% less in New Taipei City
Groceries: pay 85.6% more in New Taipei City
Transportation: pay 38.6% more in New Taipei City
Housing: pay 79.7% more in New Taipei City
Childcare: pay 97.5% more in New Taipei City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.7% more in New Taipei City
Clothing: pay 5.4% more in New Taipei City

The cost of childcare, groceries, housing, transportation, clothing, and entertainment and sports in New Taipei City are more expensive than in Quito. Notably, childcare, groceries, and housing are significantly more expensive in New Taipei City.

New Taipei City vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 16.8% less for restaurants

	Quito	New Taipei City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$4.92 NT$153.80	-1.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$5.41 NT$169.19	-26.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$0.87 NT$27.34	-22.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$0.62 NT$19.32	-15.8%
Average			-16.8%

Quito vs. New Taipei City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 85.6% more for groceries

	Quito	New Taipei City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.97 NT$61.52	+21.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$6.43 NT$201.10	+53.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$12.05 NT$376.89	+196.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$2.82 NT$88.18	+15.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$3.56 NT$111.25	+1.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$1.93 NT$60.46	+98.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$1.09 NT$34.15	+114.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$1.04 NT$32.44	+118.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$1.29 NT$40.46	+121.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$1.64 NT$51.16	+140.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.76 NT$23.72	+61.5%
Average			+85.6%

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pay 38.6% more for transportation

	Quito	New Taipei City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$3.84 NT$120.25	+46.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$39.32 NT$1,230.44	+45.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$37,686.38 NT$1,179,169.22	+88.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$10.00 NT$312.74	-26.0%
Average			+38.6%

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pay 79.7% more for housing

	Quito	New Taipei City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$24.39 NT$763.04	-14.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$581.67 NT$18,199.98	+29.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$433.18 NT$13,553.86	+36.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$91.89 NT$2,875.04	+266.6%
Average			+79.7%

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pay 97.5% more for childcare

	Quito	New Taipei City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$589.87 NT$18,456.56	+108.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$17,477.74 NT$546,861.09	+86.7%
Average			+97.5%

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pay 0.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	New Taipei City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$1.72 NT$53.83	-27.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$2.43 NT$75.88	-18.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$4.92 NT$153.80	-18.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$39.74 NT$1,243.33	+3.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$11.47 NT$358.88	+63.9%
Average			+0.7%

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pay 5.4% more for clothing

	Quito	New Taipei City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$74.83 NT$2,341.25	+24.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$47.46 NT$1,485.07	+1.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$90.94 NT$2,845.39	-13.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$101.58 NT$3,178.43	+9.5%
Average			+5.4%

Quito vs. New Taipei City - Cost of clothing

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