Bandar Seri Begawan vs Changhua - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bandar Seri Begawan	Changhua
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1031	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2385	$2423
🏠 One person rent	$548	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$939	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.4	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2008	$1485
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	35	83
😀 Quality of life	72	62
🏙️ Population	50K	225K

The cost of living in Bandar Seri Begawan is 27% more expensive than in Changhua. Cities ranked 5290th and 6385th ($1031 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 11th in Brunei and Taiwan, respectively. Check Brunei vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Bandar Seri Begawan compared to 1.8 months in Changhua. Bandar Seri Begawan ranked 1st best city to live in Brunei vs Changhua ranked 14th in Taiwan, while ranked 1751st and 4970th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bandar Seri Begawan vs Changhua

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	Bandar Seri Begawan	Changhua
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$4.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.7	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$2.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$661	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1175	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$42
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.1	$64.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3843	$5666
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2765	$3781
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.6	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$3.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$6.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.4	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.07	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$6.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.21	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$12.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9083	$17014

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bandar Seri Begawan

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Seria	$1221
89 km or 55 mi	Kuala Belait	$1468
117 km or 73 mi	Miri	$546
174 km or 108 mi	Kota Kinabalu	$661
285 km or 177 mi	Bintulu	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Tawau	$544
351 km or 218 mi	Tarakan	$527
369 km or 229 mi	Sandakan	$523
379 km or 236 mi	Lahad Datu	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Sibu	$567
604 km or 376 mi	Bontang	$553
630 km or 392 mi	Kuching	$631
652 km or 405 mi	Samarinda	$580
684 km or 425 mi	Puerto Princesa	$593
710 km or 441 mi	Balikpapan	$606
711 km or 442 mi	Palawan	$600
796 km or 495 mi	Singkawang	$430
800 km or 497 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
823 km or 512 mi	Zamboanga	$516
828 km or 514 mi	Pontianak	$427
848 km or 527 mi	Palu	$553
918 km or 570 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
932 km or 579 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
986 km or 612 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
990 km or 615 mi	Mui Ne	$507
995 km or 618 mi	Pagadian	$492
1001 km or 622 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
1027 km or 638 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1030 km or 640 mi	Nha Trang	$535
1037 km or 644 mi	Kabankalan	$595
1052 km or 653 mi	Vung Tau	$494
1057 km or 657 mi	Da Lat	$577
1058 km or 657 mi	Palopo	$522
1061 km or 659 mi	Iloilo	$524
1063 km or 661 mi	Cotabato	$407
1073 km or 667 mi	Bago	$562
1092 km or 678 mi	Marawi	$431
1092 km or 679 mi	Bacolod	$567
1095 km or 680 mi	Iligan	$518
1100 km or 683 mi	Boracay	$820

Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671