Edmonton vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edmonton	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$942
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4109	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$1004	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1648	$646
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2739	$1051
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	63	93
😀 Quality of life	91	84
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2.33M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 94% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 2644th and 5995th ($1823 vs $942) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 74th and 7th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edmonton compared to 1.1 months in Taoyuan. Edmonton ranked 16th best city to live in Canada vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 171st and 482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Taoyuan

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	Edmonton	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.7	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$784	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1651	$665
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.56%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$8216
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2239	$5253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$9.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$9.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$7.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.4	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8796	$14970

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1730
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1782
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2079
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1773
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1748
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1949
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1618
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1759
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1973
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2343
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1675
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2228
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2111
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2414
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2490
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1765
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1913
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1952
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2297
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2412
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2457
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2443
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2325
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2001

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$868
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$993
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1135
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1313
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$695
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$802
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1030
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$914
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$894
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$914
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$634
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$894
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$854
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$628
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$628
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$621
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$615
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$901
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$707
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$700
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$753
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$616
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$696
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$697
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$666
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$600
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$454
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$586
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$672
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$604
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$451