Gold Coast vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	608K	1.87M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 175% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1278th and 6380th ($2239 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 10th 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 6th best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 223rd and 498th 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	$19	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$6108

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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