Gold Coast vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$910
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$2373
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$439
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$433
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$90.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$1446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	608K	1.85M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 178% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 839th and 6264th ($2528 vs $910) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 8th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.6 months in Tainan. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 124th and 2963rd 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	$19.7	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$25.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$84.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	2.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$3159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$2827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$21.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$3.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$12.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$65.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$76.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$298
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$5587

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$910
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$889
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$841
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$879
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$888
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$957
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$709
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$937
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$882
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$941
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$903
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$796
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1108
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$630
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1257
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$634
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$723
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$997
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$668
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$602
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$465
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$464
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$698
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$589
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$654
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$634
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$682
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$943
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$705
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$763
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$765
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$610
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$621
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$697