Canberra vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Canberra	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2223	$1257
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4990	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$588
🏘️ Family rent	$2158	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$455
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4087	$1619
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	30	94
😀 Quality of life	85	89
🏙️ Population	381K	2.44M

The cost of living in Canberra is 77% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1443rd and 4661st ($2223 vs $1257) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th 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 13th best city to live in Australia vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 479th and 266th 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	$15.5	$6.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$45.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1150	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2721	$1285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$827
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$45.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$70.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$26.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	2.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8609	$13965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5425	$8309
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.53	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.3	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$9.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.14	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.61	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$4.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.86	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$3.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.98	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$34.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.1	$63.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2023	$644
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15408	$18442

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1821
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1699
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1477
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1710
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2482
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2050
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2379
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1824
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1867
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1815
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1997
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1979
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1896
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1860
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1894
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1829
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1487
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2496
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1928
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1906
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1822
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2217
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1604
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1288
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1904
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1898
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1753
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2308
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1766

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