Adelaide vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2515
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$653
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$1212
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	50	93
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.35M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 148% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1210th and 6085th ($2338 vs $941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 1.3 months in Taoyuan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 73rd and 373rd 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	$15.9	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$25.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$761
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$528
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$20.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$8065
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$5166
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$3.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$7.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$36.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$541
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$17081

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$882
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$937
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1108
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1257
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$709
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$796
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$997
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$957
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$888
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$879
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$889
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$910
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$668
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$910
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$841
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$654
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$634
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$630
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$903
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$723
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$705
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$763
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$682
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$634
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$697
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$698
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$610
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$465
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$602
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$598
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$667
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$617
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$464