Charlotte vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$1362
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	68	73
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	875K	1.87M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 211% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 761st and 6380th ($2528 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 10th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 252nd and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Tainan

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	Charlotte	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$6108

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682