Sheffield vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sheffield	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1001	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$497	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2831	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	87	73
😀 Quality of life	90	81
🏙️ Population	518K	1.87M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 117% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 2490th and 6380th ($1764 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 10th in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Sheffield compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Sheffield ranked 26th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 141st and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Tainan

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	Sheffield	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.31	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$937	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1922	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3631	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2541	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.2	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.2	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1155	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9487	$6108

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Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750

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