Suva vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Suva	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$808	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2232	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$418	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$991	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$315	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$22.7	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$947	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	26	95
😀 Quality of life	57	86
🏙️ Population	88.3K	2.6M

The cost of living in Suva is 32% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6407th and 4534th ($808 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Fiji and Taiwan, respectively. Check Fiji vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Suva compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Suva ranked 1st best city to live in Fiji vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5598th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suva vs Taipei

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	Suva	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.82	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.41	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$579	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1407	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$782	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.2	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.75%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1297	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$805	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.7	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.9	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.74	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.4	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$222	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13954	$19749

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Cities near Suva

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nasinu	$810
114 km or 71 mi	Nadi	$977
118 km or 73 mi	Lautoka	$660
745 km or 463 mi	Nukualofa	$1001
755 km or 469 mi	Mua	$1002
1072 km or 666 mi	Vaiaku	$661
1073 km or 667 mi	Funafuti	$659
1073 km or 667 mi	Port Vila	$1938
1112 km or 691 mi	Manase	$644
1145 km or 711 mi	Apia	$647
1233 km or 766 mi	Luganville	$1946
1328 km or 825 mi	Dumbea	$1604
1332 km or 827 mi	Noumea	$1652
1335 km or 830 mi	Paita	$1604
1997 km or 1241 mi	Whangarei	$1213
2086 km or 1296 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
2112 km or 1312 mi	Auckland	$1968
2121 km or 1318 mi	Waitakere	$1709
2125 km or 1320 mi	Manukau	$1736
2148 km or 1335 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
2180 km or 1355 mi	Auki	$1401
2185 km or 1358 mi	Tauranga	$1652
2206 km or 1371 mi	Hamilton	$1506
2216 km or 1377 mi	Honiara	$1411
2234 km or 1388 mi	Rotorua	$1182
2253 km or 1400 mi	South Tarawa	$514
2283 km or 1419 mi	Gisborne	$1524
2297 km or 1427 mi	Taupo	$1418
2306 km or 1433 mi	Avarua	$1011
2325 km or 1445 mi	Yaren	$669
2364 km or 1469 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
2379 km or 1478 mi	Napier	$1433
2397 km or 1490 mi	Hastings	$1144
2446 km or 1520 mi	Whanganui	$1457
2486 km or 1545 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
2553 km or 1586 mi	Masterton	$1253
2554 km or 1587 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
2578 km or 1602 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
2580 km or 1603 mi	Porirua	$1607
2589 km or 1608 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751

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