Gold Coast vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gold Coast	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2152	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4849	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$1358	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$2188	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3845	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	49	95
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	638K	2.6M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 84% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1408th and 4516th ($2152 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 120th and 209th 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	$16.1	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2323	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1888	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11003	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8562	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.9	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.4	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1760	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11702	$19102

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2356
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1785
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1881
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1816
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1354
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1545
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1461
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1404
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$1998
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1903
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1691
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2741
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2348
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1610
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1463
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1430
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1723
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2604
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1669
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1249
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1462
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1716
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589