Brisbane vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	66	73
😀 Quality of life	97	81
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.87M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 148% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1792nd and 6380th ($2016 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 10th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 7th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Tainan

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	Brisbane	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$6108

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682