Adelaide vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$2477
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$324
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$1084
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	50	93
😀 Quality of life	93	83
🏙️ Population	1.3M	2.33M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 159% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1267th and 6227th ($2246 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 6th 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 Taoyuan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 64th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Taoyuan

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	Adelaide	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$4.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$563
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$69.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$7902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$4753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$8.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$7.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$9.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$531
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$13630

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691