Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1466	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$276	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$484	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$283	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$15.1	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$244	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	58	95
😀 Quality of life	39	86
🏙️ Population	116K	2.6M

The cost of living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is 47% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 7383rd and 4534th ($627 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th best city to live in Sri Lanka vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7038th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte vs Taipei

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	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.05%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$756	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$592	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.2	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.38	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.27	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.62	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.37	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.25	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.3	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$32.6	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4137	$19749

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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 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