Brisbane vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2477
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$324
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1084
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	97	83
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.33M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 187% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 781st and 6227th ($2491 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 15th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Taoyuan

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	Brisbane	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$4.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$563
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$69.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$7902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$4753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$8.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$3.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$8.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$9.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$7.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$9.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$531
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$13630

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691