Taichung vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Taichung	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$931	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2751	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$346	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$902	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$369	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.9	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1368	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	8
😀 Quality of life	80	58
🏙️ Population	3.03M	24.7K

The cost of living in Taichung is 40% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6052nd and 3466th ($931 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Taichung compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Taichung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 496th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Taichung vs Victoria

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	Taichung	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.77	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$265	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$770	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.6	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.2	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.97%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6258	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4300	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.82	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.85	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.1	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.8	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.6	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.1	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$313	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13638	$8081

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Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$841
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$818
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$698
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$761
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$707
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$864
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$868
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1060
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$745
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1158
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$841
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$1028
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$801
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$661
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$654
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$666
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$821
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$807
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$683
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$673
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$642
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$719
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$605
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$592
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$776
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$691
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$795
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$726
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$712
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$643
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$719
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$702
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$716

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482