Calgary vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Calgary	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2095	$938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4718	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$1885	$460
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$94.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3093	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	53	73
😀 Quality of life	90	72
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.85M

The cost of living in Calgary is 123% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1759th and 6014th ($2095 vs $938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 7th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Calgary ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 187th and 2806th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Tainan

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	Calgary	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$4.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1234	$273
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$177
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1946	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$54.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.1	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.5%	2.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3751	$3086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3441	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$65
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$820	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15881	$5481

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$904
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$884
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$844
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$868
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$874
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$942
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$687
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$921
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$889
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$989
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$892
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$792
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1123
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$648
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$729
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$979
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$673
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$679
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$612
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$474
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$473
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$705
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$600
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$672
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$682
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$640
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$689
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$954
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$717
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$774
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$777
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$638
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$686