Auckland vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Auckland	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1961	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4489	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1107	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1860	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3143	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	32	74
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	1.47M	1.87M

The cost of living in Auckland is 119% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 2124th and 6262nd ($1961 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th in New Zealand and Taiwan, respectively. Check New Zealand vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 170th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Tainan

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	Auckland	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.6	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.89	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1141	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1583	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7253	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.77	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.56	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.4	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$864	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13612	$6518

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1716
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1678
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1383
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1250
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1678
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1312
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1423
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1425
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1493
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1612
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1480
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1252
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1743
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1869
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1396
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1254
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1638
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1847
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1536
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2086
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1461
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1238
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1878
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1807
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1022
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$836
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$818
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$997
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1839

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