Gold Coast vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	49	74
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	608K	1.87M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 157% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1270th and 6262nd ($2297 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 12th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 255th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Tainan

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	Gold Coast	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$6518

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696