Gold Coast vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$1659
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	49	94
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	608K	2.6M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 75% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1270th and 4455th ($2297 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 255th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Taipei

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	Gold Coast	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.83
🥤 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	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$38.8
🚕 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	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.88
🍾 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	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589