Canberra vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Canberra	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2019	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4571	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$519	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3565	$1659
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	30	94
😀 Quality of life	86	87
🏙️ Population	381K	2.6M

The cost of living in Canberra is 54% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1949th and 4455th ($2019 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 1.3 months in Taipei. Canberra ranked 10th best city to live in Australia vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 413th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Taipei

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	Canberra	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.8	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.5	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.6	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1543	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.7	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.01%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7420	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4762	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.28	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.15	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1751	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13305	$17567

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1678
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1580
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1568
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1364
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1599
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2292
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1888
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2640
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2181
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1667
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1747
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1662
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1839
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1813
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1725
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1706
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1736
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1681
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1362
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2308
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1768
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1728
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1738
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1673
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2058
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1464
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1184
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1771
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1786
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1660
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2127
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1639

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589