Jerusalem vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jerusalem	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5127	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1224	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2310	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2561	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	78	73
😀 Quality of life	85	81
🏙️ Population	936K	1.87M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 160% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1551st and 6380th ($2114 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 10th in Israel and Taiwan, respectively. Check Israel vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 374th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Jerusalem vs Tainan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/jerusalem/tainan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Jerusalem vs Tainan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/jerusalem/tainan" target="_blank">Jerusalem vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Jerusalem vs Tainan

Prices for goods and services in Jerusalem and Tainan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Jerusalem	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.2	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.98	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1380	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2752	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1903	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.8	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13235	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8778	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.5	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.94	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.99	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.82	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$878	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17799	$6108

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511

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