Sydney vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Sydney	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2844	$910
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6700	$2373
🏠 One person rent	$1749	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$3002	$439
🍽️ Food expenses	$597	$433
🚐 Transport expenses	$337	$90.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$1446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	99	73
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	5.45M	1.85M

The cost of living in Sydney is 213% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 348th and 6264th ($2844 vs $910) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sydney compared to 1.6 months in Tainan. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 2nd and 2963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Tainan

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	Sydney	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.7	$25.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.82	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2123	$277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1437	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3835	$489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$84.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.09%	2.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13218	$3159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7866	$2827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.77	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$21.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.5	$12.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.3	$65.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$76.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2281	$298
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21946	$5587

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$910
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$889
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$841
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$879
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$888
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$957
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$709
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$937
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$882
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$941
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$903
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$796
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1108
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$630
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1257
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$634
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$723
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$997
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$668
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$602
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$465
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$464
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$698
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$589
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$654
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$634
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$682
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$943
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$705
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$763
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$765
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$610
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$621
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$697