Brisbane vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1257
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$588
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$455
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1619
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.44M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 80% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1349th and 4661st ($2269 vs $1257) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 3rd and 266th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Taipei

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	Brisbane	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$6.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$45.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$827
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$45.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$70.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$26.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	2.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$13965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$8309
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$9.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$34.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$63.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$644
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$18442

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$997
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$941
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$796
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$882
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$937
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$709
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$957
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$888
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$879
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$889
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$910
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$656
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$668
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$910
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$654
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$634
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$630
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$705
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$903
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$763
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$723
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$682
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$697
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$634
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$698
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$610
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$598
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$667
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$617
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$665
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$465
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$602