Cost of living comparison

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Wellington vs. Taiwan Cost of Living Summary

Wellington is 2.2 times more expensive than Taiwan overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.9 times more in Wellington
Groceries: pay 26.1% more in Wellington
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Wellington
Housing: pay 3.5 times more in Wellington
Childcare: pay 36.0% more in Wellington
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.8 times more in Wellington
Clothing: pay 53.2% more in Wellington

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

Wellington vs. Taiwan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Wellington instead of Taiwan, you would:

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pay 2.9 times more for restaurants

	Taiwan	Wellington
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.21 NT$138.49	$14.93 NZ$26.61	+255.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.80 NT$158.08	$8.96 NZ$15.96	+86.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.95 NT$31.21	$2.57 NZ$4.59	+171.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 NT$20.09	$2.15 NZ$3.84	+253.2%
Average			+191.6%

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pay 26.1% more for groceries

	Taiwan	Wellington
Bread 1 loaf	$1.76 NT$58.00	$1.96 NZ$3.50	+11.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.11 NT$234.18	$4.15 NZ$7.39	-41.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.33 NT$373.02	$6.98 NZ$12.44	-38.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.53 NT$83.40	$6.84 NZ$12.19	+170.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.21 NT$105.68	$5.06 NZ$9.02	+57.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 NT$58.34	$1.40 NZ$2.49	-21.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 NT$26.30	$1.09 NZ$1.94	+36.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.10 NT$36.10	$1.48 NZ$2.63	+34.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.27 NT$41.71	$2.61 NZ$4.65	+106.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.21 NT$39.78	$1.01 NZ$1.81	-16.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.96 NT$31.50	$0.84 NZ$1.49	-12.4%
Average			+26.1%

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Taiwan	Wellington
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.59 NT$118.20	$6.42 NZ$11.44	+78.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.87 NT$1,246.97	$127.57 NZ$227.33	+236.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,524.98 NT$1,103,887.09	$34,339.84 NZ$61,195.48	+2.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.35 NT$307.75	$18.22 NZ$32.46	+94.9%
Average			+103.2%

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pay 3.5 times more for housing

	Taiwan	Wellington
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$18.76 NT$617.78	$54.27 NZ$96.71	+189.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$386.89 NT$12,739.36	$1,487.35 NZ$2,650.53	+284.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$269.95 NT$8,888.69	$1,335.17 NZ$2,379.35	+394.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$54.00 NT$1,778.13	$134.11 NZ$238.99	+148.3%
Average			+254.1%

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pay 36.0% more for childcare

	Taiwan	Wellington
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$472.11 NT$15,545.26	$871.44 NZ$1,552.95	+84.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,471.45 NT$476,505.72	$12,649.75 NZ$22,542.55	-12.6%
Average			+36.0%

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pay 2.8 times more for entertainment and sports

	Taiwan	Wellington
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.82 NT$59.95	$7.17 NZ$12.77	+293.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.59 NT$85.30	$3.41 NZ$6.08	+31.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 NT$131.61	$24.46 NZ$43.58	+511.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.52 NT$1,136.64	$39.85 NZ$71.01	+15.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.29 NT$305.77	$12.24 NZ$21.82	+31.8%
Average			+176.9%

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pay 53.2% more for clothing

	Taiwan	Wellington
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.92 NT$2,104.83	$75.78 NZ$135.04	+18.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.11 NT$925.64	$55.09 NZ$98.18	+96.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.13 NT$2,506.72	$119.44 NZ$212.85	+56.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.74 NT$3,020.65	$129.60 NZ$230.95	+41.3%
Average			+53.2%

Taiwan vs. Wellington - 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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