Sydney vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sydney	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2640	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6276	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1578	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2764	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$366	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4008	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	99	74
😀 Quality of life	100	83
🏙️ Population	5.45M	1.87M

The cost of living in Sydney is 195% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 649th and 6262nd ($2640 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 3rd and 549th 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	$13.9	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1915	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1294	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3447	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.9	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12628	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.45	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.1	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.3	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2071	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19140	$6518

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696