Surrey vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Surrey	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2417	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$1503	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$2821	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2696	$1275
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	80	74
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	568K	1.87M

The cost of living in Surrey is 187% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 890th and 6292nd ($2417 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 9th in Canada and Taiwan, respectively. Check Canada vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Surrey compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Surrey ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 138th and 499th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surrey vs Tainan

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	Surrey	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.1	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1333	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3345	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2491	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.3	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.8	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11501	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10221	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.16	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$129	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.93	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.89	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.8	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.2	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1012	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12698	$18526

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Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2589
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2330
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$1983
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2650
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2220
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2278
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2185
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2469
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2609
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2576
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2569
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2821
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$3091
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2866
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1913
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2784
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2901
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3229
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$2908
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2491
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3179
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2743
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2655

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719