Tainan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Tainan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$910	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2373	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$264	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$439	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$433	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.4	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1446	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	8
😀 Quality of life	72	48
🏙️ Population	1.85M	24.7K

The cost of living in Tainan is 45% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6264th and 3471st ($910 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.6 months in Tainan compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Tainan ranked 10th best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 2963rd and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tainan vs Victoria

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	Tainan	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.3	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$277	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.8	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.3	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.12%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3159	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.02	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.3	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.2	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.3	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.7	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$298	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5587	$8971

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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

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419