Tainan vs Tangerang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tainan	Tangerang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$1529
🏠 One person rent	$241	$243
🏘️ Family rent	$723	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.6	$45.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1362	$306
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	78
😀 Quality of life	81	58
🏙️ Population	1.87M	2.24M

The cost of living in Tainan is 46% more expensive than in Tangerang. Cities ranked 6380th and 8142nd ($814 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 12th in Taiwan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Tainan compared to 0.5 months in Tangerang. Tainan ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Tangerang ranked 5th in Indonesia, while ranked 498th and 5471st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tainan vs Tangerang

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	Tainan	Tangerang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.44	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.3	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$3.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$158	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$432
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.4	$49.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$76
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$23.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.75%	9.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3010	$1727
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$474
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$9.22
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.82	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$3.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$7.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$2.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.08	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.13	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$3.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$38.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.7	$62.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6108	$7618

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Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682

Cities near Tangerang

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.7 mi	South Tangerang	$536
24 km or 15 mi	Jakarta	$701
32 km or 20 mi	Depok	$385
41 km or 26 mi	Bekasi	$518
50 km or 31 mi	Bogor	$513
54 km or 33 mi	Serang	$492
71 km or 44 mi	Cilegon	$488
89 km or 55 mi	Sukabumi	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Cimahi	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Bandung	$545
173 km or 107 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
189 km or 117 mi	Metro	$432
216 km or 134 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Cirebon	$521
248 km or 154 mi	Banjar	$490
287 km or 178 mi	Tegal	$480
314 km or 195 mi	Cilacap	$474
345 km or 215 mi	Pekalongan	$471
405 km or 251 mi	Prabumulih	$417
411 km or 255 mi	Palembang	$395
427 km or 265 mi	Semarang	$493
445 km or 276 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
446 km or 277 mi	Salatiga	$421
450 km or 279 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
487 km or 303 mi	Surakarta	$417
526 km or 327 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
552 km or 343 mi	Bengkulu	$500
564 km or 350 mi	Madiun	$486
610 km or 379 mi	Jambi	$458
621 km or 386 mi	Kediri	$464
645 km or 401 mi	Blitar	$453
656 km or 408 mi	Mojokerto	$505
677 km or 421 mi	Batu	$410
685 km or 425 mi	Surabaya	$549
690 km or 429 mi	Malang	$365
711 km or 442 mi	Pasuruan	$510
747 km or 464 mi	Probolinggo	$614
748 km or 465 mi	Pontianak	$427
825 km or 513 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
829 km or 515 mi	Singkawang	$430