Adelaide vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	1.39M	4.05M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 111% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1210th and 5023rd ($2338 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 73rd and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs New Taipei

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	Adelaide	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$18576

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602