Tainan vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tainan	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$4240
🏠 One person rent	$241	$1109
🏘️ Family rent	$723	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.6	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1362	$2916
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	17
😀 Quality of life	81	85
🏙️ Population	1.87M	216K

The cost of living in Tainan is 56% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 6380th and 2289th ($814 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 4th in Taiwan and New Zealand, respectively. Check Taiwan vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Tainan compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Tainan ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 498th and 356th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tainan vs Wellington

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	Tainan	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.44	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.3	$67.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$9.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$1097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$158	$938
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$1752
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.4	$88.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.75%	6.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3010	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$5940
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$99.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.82	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$6.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$3.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.08	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.13	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$68.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.7	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6108	$11415

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1607
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1253
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1475
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1457
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1144
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1433
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1847
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1418
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1182
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1506
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1652
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1717
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1736
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1709
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1968
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1746
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1435
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1213
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1921
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1242
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1416
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2099
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2539
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2252
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1652
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1824
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1584
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2106
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1604