Calgary vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	53	74
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.87M

The cost of living in Calgary is 133% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1781st and 6262nd ($2079 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 12th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 160th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Calgary vs Tainan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/calgary/tainan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Calgary vs Tainan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/calgary/tainan" target="_blank">Calgary vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Calgary vs Tainan

Prices for goods and services in Calgary and Tainan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Calgary	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$6518

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696