Port Vila vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Vila	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2036	$938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4465	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$1277	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$2221	$460
🍽️ Food expenses	$602	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$94.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$234	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	1	73
😀 Quality of life	50	72
🏙️ Population	49K	1.85M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 117% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 1927th and 6014th ($2036 vs $938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Vanuatu and Taiwan, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Port Vila compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 6693rd and 2806th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Tainan

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	Port Vila	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.7	$4.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.24	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1426	$273
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$177
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2610	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$54.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$115	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	2.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4923	$3086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2243	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.27	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.76	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.33	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.4	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$65
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$621	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6882	$5481

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$2020
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1844
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1851
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1911
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$1095
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$680
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$891
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$910
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1502
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1491
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$714
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$714
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1032
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1033
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1863
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1992
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2341
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2323
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$788
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1825
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1239
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$790
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$789
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$526
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1273
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2100
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1752
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1553
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1530

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$904
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$884
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$844
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$868
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$874
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$942
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$687
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$921
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$889
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$989
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$892
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$792
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1123
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$648
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$729
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$979
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$673
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$679
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$612
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$474
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$473
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$705
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$600
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$672
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$682
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$640
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$689
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$954
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$717
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$774
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$777
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$638
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$686