Adelaide vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	50	74
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.87M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 137% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1686th and 6262nd ($2117 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 12th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 65th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Tainan

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	Adelaide	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$6518

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696