Perth vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Perth	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2292	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5119	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$1352	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$2099	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$242	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3624	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	93	95
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	2.14M	2.6M

The cost of living in Perth is 96% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1068th and 4516th ($2292 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Perth compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Perth ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 10th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Taipei

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	Perth	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1464	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1088	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2313	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1714	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7584	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6088	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.26	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.86	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.8	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1668	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12548	$19102

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1601
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2052
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1612
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1761
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1635
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1888
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2180
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1462
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$502
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$546
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$361
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$870
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$873
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1327
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$556
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1317
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1859
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1688
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$427
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$383
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1708
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1658
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1746
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$403
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$469
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$439
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$454
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2356
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1702
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$505
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1707
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$506
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$440
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$427
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$459
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589