Jacksonville vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jacksonville	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2364	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5468	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2461	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3990	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	56	73
😀 Quality of life	87	81
🏙️ Population	950K	1.87M

The cost of living in Jacksonville is 191% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1022nd and 6380th ($2364 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 935th 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 1.7 months in Jacksonville compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Jacksonville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 293rd and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jacksonville vs Tainan

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	Jacksonville	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.87	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1470	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2901	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2044	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3106	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2417	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.93	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.65	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.42	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.81	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1306	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11096	$6108

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Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2247
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2238
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2271
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2196
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2136
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$1969
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2211
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2144
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1957
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2064
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2278
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2212
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2327
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2265
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2286
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2308
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1502
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2018
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2269
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2294
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2371
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2373
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2336
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2440
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2392
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2316
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2204
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2576
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2171
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2181
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2280
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2577
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2634
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1897

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