Mississauga vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mississauga	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2370	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4796	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1614	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2550	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$514	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3215	$1362
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	92	73
😀 Quality of life	92	81
🏙️ Population	718K	1.87M

The cost of living in Mississauga is 191% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1006th and 6380th ($2370 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 10th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Mississauga compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Mississauga ranked 4th best city to live in Canada vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 89th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mississauga vs Tainan

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	Mississauga	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.3	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1607	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1420	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2541	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8197	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$498	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10536	$6108

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Cities near Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081

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