Perth vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$2515
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$653
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$1212
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	2.14M	2.35M

The cost of living in Perth is 160% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 978th and 6085th ($2448 vs $941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.3 months in Taoyuan. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 10th and 373rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Taoyuan

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	Perth	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$25.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$761
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$528
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$20.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$8065
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$5166
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$3.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$7.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$36.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$9.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$541
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$17081

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$882
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$937
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1108
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1257
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$709
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$796
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$997
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$957
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$888
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$879
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$889
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$910
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$668
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$910
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$841
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$654
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$634
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$630
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$903
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$723
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$705
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$763
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$682
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$634
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$697
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$698
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$610
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$465
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$602
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$598
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$667
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$617
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$464