Tainan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Tainan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$913	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2705	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$330	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$399	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.3	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$818
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	74	8
😀 Quality of life	82	59
🏙️ Population	1.87M	24.7K

The cost of living in Tainan is 43% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5887th and 3034th ($913 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 1.4 months in Tainan compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Tainan ranked 7th best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 364th and 5511th 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	$5.55	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.3	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.86%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2852	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2187	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.06	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.61	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.4	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.47	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.61	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.7	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$734	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11040	$8062

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Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$725
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$791
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$952
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$857
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$890
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$995
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$746
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$860
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$917
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$861
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$851
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$863
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1011
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$689
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$721
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$860
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$675
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$664
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$588
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$716
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$738
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$694
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$799
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$667
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$678
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1083
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$744
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$787
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$891
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$655
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$837
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$741

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524