Tainan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Tainan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$841	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2737	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$262	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.8	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1275	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	74	8
😀 Quality of life	80	58
🏙️ Population	1.87M	24.7K

The cost of living in Tainan is 46% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6292nd and 3466th ($841 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 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 499th and 5469th 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	$4.68	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.7	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$271	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$693	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.51%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2874	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2280	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.4	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.94	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.87	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.74	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.3	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.22	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.3	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.2	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18526	$8081

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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	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719

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