Port Vila vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Port Vila	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$861
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3716	$2376
🏠 One person rent	$1104	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1180
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	1	93
😀 Quality of life	40	86
🏙️ Population	51.4K	2.29M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 114% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 2223rd and 6163rd ($1841 vs $861) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in Vanuatu and Taiwan, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Port Vila compared to 1.4 months in Taoyuan. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Taoyuan ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 7168th and 264th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Taoyuan

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	Port Vila	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.7	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.1	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$895	$313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$758
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1283	$491
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$44.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$67.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.52%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3299	$7365
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2026	$4810
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.67	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.1	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$9.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$3.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$2.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$8.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$6.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.36	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$9.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$8.91
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.4	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$76.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$78.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6377	$13937

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$2943
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1597
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1597
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1648
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$752
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$599
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$849
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$824
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1425
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1422
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$574
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$576
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$974
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$978
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1816
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1881
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2011
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2356
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$744
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1785
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1388
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$594
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$594
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$491
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1354
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2279
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1960
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1994
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1643

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$917
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$860
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1011
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1169
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$746
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$863
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$860
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$995
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$890
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$857
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$791
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$725
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$675
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$913
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$952
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$664
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$694
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$689
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$676
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$851
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$721
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$744
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$787
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$678
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$735
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$667
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$741
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$719
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$655
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$588
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$811
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$725
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$644
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$716