South Tarawa vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	South Tarawa	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$514	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1262	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$228	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.3	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$397	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	1	95
😀 Quality of life	23	86
🏙️ Population	63.4K	2.6M

The cost of living in South Tarawa is 57% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8525th and 4534th ($514 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kiribati and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kiribati vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in South Tarawa compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. South Tarawa ranked 1st best city to live in Kiribati vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8757th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in South Tarawa vs Taipei

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	South Tarawa	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.84%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1450	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$916	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.61	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.27	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.83	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.5	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.3	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3341	$19749

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Cities near South Tarawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
658 km or 409 mi	Majuro	$1488
661 km or 411 mi	Djarrit	$1494
706 km or 439 mi	Yaren	$669
1302 km or 809 mi	Vaiaku	$661
1302 km or 809 mi	Funafuti	$659
1768 km or 1099 mi	Auki	$1401
1879 km or 1167 mi	Honiara	$1411
1988 km or 1235 mi	Luganville	$1946
2172 km or 1349 mi	Lautoka	$660
2190 km or 1361 mi	Nadi	$977
2190 km or 1361 mi	Port Vila	$1938
2248 km or 1397 mi	Nasinu	$810
2253 km or 1400 mi	Suva	$808
2310 km or 1435 mi	Manase	$644
2382 km or 1480 mi	Apia	$647
2712 km or 1685 mi	Dumbea	$1604
2713 km or 1686 mi	Paita	$1604
2725 km or 1693 mi	Noumea	$1652
2817 km or 1750 mi	Nukualofa	$1001
2825 km or 1756 mi	Mua	$1002
3022 km or 1878 mi	Lae	$531
3104 km or 1929 mi	Port Moresby	$547
3286 km or 2042 mi	London	$513
3357 km or 2086 mi	Saipan	$1427
3375 km or 2097 mi	Dededo	$2909
3383 km or 2102 mi	Hagatna	$2648
3611 km or 2244 mi	Cairns	$1335
3612 km or 2244 mi	Jayapura	$420
3658 km or 2273 mi	Gladstone	$1478
3665 km or 2277 mi	Townsville	$1667
3668 km or 2279 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
3672 km or 2282 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
3673 km or 2282 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
3762 km or 2338 mi	Kauai	$2735
3779 km or 2348 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
3788 km or 2354 mi	Caloundra	$1683
3822 km or 2375 mi	Caboolture	$1748
3851 km or 2393 mi	Waipahu	$2620
3854 km or 2395 mi	Brisbane	$2016
3855 km or 2396 mi	Pearl	$2562

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581