Columbus vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	73	73
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	906K	1.87M

The cost of living in Columbus is 164% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1476th and 6380th ($2145 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 249th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Tainan

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	Columbus	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$6108

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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