Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1466	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$276	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$484	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$15.1	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$244	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	58	84
😀 Quality of life	39	81
🏙️ Population	116K	3.03M

The cost of living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is 30% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 7383rd and 6071st ($627 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Sri Lanka and Taiwan, respectively. Check Sri Lanka vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th best city to live in Sri Lanka vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 7038th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Taichung

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	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.05%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$756	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$592	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.2	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.38	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.27	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.37	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.25	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.3	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.6	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$32.6	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4137	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Colombo	$631
23 km or 14 mi	Gampaha	$429
36 km or 22 mi	Negombo	$467
49 km or 30 mi	Beruwala	$580
91 km or 57 mi	Kandy	$425
101 km or 63 mi	Galle	$498
126 km or 78 mi	Matara	$502
169 km or 105 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
235 km or 146 mi	Trincomalee	$546
287 km or 178 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
308 km or 192 mi	Nagercoil	$275
317 km or 197 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
377 km or 234 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
390 km or 242 mi	Madurai	$310
407 km or 253 mi	Varkala	$287
428 km or 266 mi	Kollam	$244
440 km or 274 mi	Dindigul	$316
442 km or 274 mi	Thanjavur	$302
457 km or 284 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
479 km or 297 mi	Kottayam	$306
525 km or 326 mi	Kochi	$383
526 km or 327 mi	Ernakulam	$346
540 km or 335 mi	Cuddalore	$306
542 km or 336 mi	Tiruppur	$300
550 km or 342 mi	Erode	$295
559 km or 348 mi	Coimbatore	$339
559 km or 348 mi	Pondicherry	$360
562 km or 349 mi	Salem	$304
573 km or 356 mi	Thrissur	$294
624 km or 388 mi	Malappuram	$306
664 km or 413 mi	Kozhikode	$325
676 km or 420 mi	Vellore	$258
689 km or 428 mi	Chennai	$430
700 km or 435 mi	Mysore	$311
706 km or 439 mi	Chittoor	$354
721 km or 448 mi	Bangalore	$533
745 km or 463 mi	Kannur	$344
753 km or 468 mi	Tirupati	$315
755 km or 469 mi	Madanapalle	$346
767 km or 476 mi	Hulhumale	$1651

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671