Indianapolis vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	71	73
😀 Quality of life	89	81
🏙️ Population	888K	1.87M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 169% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1378th and 6380th ($2189 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 10th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 191st and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Tainan

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	Indianapolis	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$6108

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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