Melbourne vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	100	81
🏙️ Population	5.03M	1.87M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 170% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1365th and 6380th ($2194 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 10th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 1st and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Tainan

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	Melbourne	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$6108

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1668
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

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