Gujranwala vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gujranwala	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$302	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$729	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$98	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$152	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$124	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.6	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$1477
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	43	74
😀 Quality of life	30	83
🏙️ Population	2.03M	1.87M

The cost of living in Gujranwala is 66% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 9199th and 6262nd ($302 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 12th in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Gujranwala compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Gujranwala ranked 10th best city to live in Pakistan vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 8772nd and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gujranwala vs Tainan

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	Gujranwala	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.3	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.04	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$53.7	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$34.9	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.4	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$60	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.6	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.3	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.92%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$761	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.71	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.94	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.02	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.94	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.32	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.5	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.44	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$5.97	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.83	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.71	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.1	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.2	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$16.7	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$843	$6518

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Cities near Gujranwala

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Kamoke	$316
48 km or 30 mi	Hafizabad	$363
48 km or 30 mi	Gujrat	$320
51 km or 32 mi	Sialkot	$311
52 km or 32 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
68 km or 43 mi	Lahore	$427
80 km or 50 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
86 km or 54 mi	Amritsar	$380
90 km or 56 mi	Jammu	$284
117 km or 72 mi	Mirpur	$277
123 km or 76 mi	Chiniot	$372
132 km or 82 mi	Faisalabad	$333
139 km or 86 mi	Pathankot	$350
143 km or 89 mi	Sargodha	$376
149 km or 93 mi	Sahiwal	$303
161 km or 100 mi	Jalandhar	$337
164 km or 102 mi	Okara	$291
180 km or 112 mi	Gojra	$351
192 km or 119 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
202 km or 125 mi	Jhang	$294
203 km or 126 mi	Islamabad	$443
210 km or 130 mi	Ludhiana	$421
223 km or 139 mi	Srinagar	$340
228 km or 142 mi	Baramulla	$265
230 km or 143 mi	Wah	$344
264 km or 164 mi	Burewala	$347
292 km or 181 mi	Patiala	$357
293 km or 182 mi	Chandigarh	$373
297 km or 184 mi	Khanewal	$362
302 km or 188 mi	Kohat	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mardan	$354
306 km or 190 mi	Shimla	$270
324 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$334
337 km or 209 mi	Mingora	$351
341 km or 212 mi	Multan	$403
365 km or 227 mi	Hisar	$262
389 km or 242 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
402 km or 250 mi	Saharanpur	$285
411 km or 255 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwani	$330

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