Indianapolis vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Indianapolis	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2405	$938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$1478	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$2331	$460
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$94.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	70	73
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	888K	1.85M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 156% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1079th and 6014th ($2405 vs $938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 928th and 7th 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 1.8 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Indianapolis ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 237th and 2806th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$4.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1535	$273
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1207	$177
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2597	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1915	$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$54.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	2.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$3086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.4	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.27	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$65
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1743	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24177	$5481

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$904
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$884
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$844
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$868
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$874
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$942
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$687
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$921
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$889
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$989
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$892
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$792
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1123
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$648
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$729
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$979
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$673
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$679
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$612
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$474
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$473
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$705
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$600
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$672
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$682
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$640
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$689
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$954
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$717
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$774
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$777
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$638
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$686