Cost of living comparison

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New Zealand vs. Taiwan Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 80.3% more expensive than Taiwan overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.6 times more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 12.8% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 55.6% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 2.5 times more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 1.7% more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 25.8% more in New Zealand

The cost of restaurants, entertainment and sports, housing, transportation, clothing, and groceries in New Zealand are more expensive than in Taiwan. Notably, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and housing are significantly more expensive in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Taiwan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Taiwan, you would:

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pay 2.6 times more for restaurants

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.21 NT$139.26	$13.47 NZ$24.23	+220.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.80 NT$158.97	$8.81 NZ$15.84	+83.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.95 NT$31.38	$2.16 NZ$3.89	+128.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 NT$20.20	$1.94 NZ$3.50	+218.8%
Average			+162.7%

Taiwan vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 12.8% more for groceries

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$1.76 NT$58.32	$1.86 NZ$3.35	+5.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.11 NT$235.49	$3.77 NZ$6.78	-47.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.33 NT$375.10	$6.55 NZ$11.77	-42.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.53 NT$83.86	$5.92 NZ$10.65	+133.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.21 NT$106.27	$4.25 NZ$7.64	+32.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 NT$58.66	$1.15 NZ$2.06	-35.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 NT$26.45	$1.04 NZ$1.87	+30.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.10 NT$36.30	$1.31 NZ$2.35	+19.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.27 NT$41.94	$2.31 NZ$4.15	+82.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.21 NT$40.00	$0.90 NZ$1.62	-25.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.96 NT$31.68	$0.83 NZ$1.49	-13.1%
Average			+12.8%

Taiwan vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 55.6% more for transportation

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.59 NT$118.86	$6.26 NZ$11.26	+74.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.87 NT$1,253.94	$69.15 NZ$124.35	+82.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,524.98 NT$1,110,055.68	$24,735.85 NZ$44,480.95	-26.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.35 NT$309.47	$17.90 NZ$32.19	+91.5%
Average			+55.6%

Taiwan vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$18.76 NT$621.23	$51.16 NZ$91.99	+172.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$386.89 NT$12,810.55	$1,007.66 NZ$1,812.02	+160.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$269.95 NT$8,938.36	$809.64 NZ$1,455.92	+199.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$54.00 NT$1,788.06	$91.68 NZ$164.86	+69.8%
Average			+150.7%

Taiwan vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 1.7% more for childcare

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$472.11 NT$15,632.13	$611.89 NZ$1,100.32	+29.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,471.45 NT$479,168.47	$10,661.07 NZ$19,171.14	-26.3%
Average			+1.7%

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.82 NT$60.29	$6.10 NZ$10.96	+234.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.59 NT$85.77	$3.30 NZ$5.94	+27.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 NT$132.35	$22.88 NZ$41.14	+472.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.52 NT$1,142.99	$38.53 NZ$69.28	+11.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.29 NT$307.48	$10.92 NZ$19.63	+17.6%
Average			+152.8%

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pay 25.8% more for clothing

	Taiwan	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.92 NT$2,116.59	$65.31 NZ$117.44	+2.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.11 NT$930.81	$40.78 NZ$73.34	+45.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.13 NT$2,520.73	$93.71 NZ$168.51	+23.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.74 NT$3,037.53	$121.74 NZ$218.92	+32.7%
Average			+25.8%

Taiwan vs. New Zealand - 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: January 2025

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