Fort Worth vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$1362
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	82	73
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	919K	1.87M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 181% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1178th and 6380th ($2289 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd 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 Fort Worth compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 210th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Tainan

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	Fort Worth	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$6108

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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