Tainan vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tainan	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$241	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$723	$970
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.6	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1362	$300
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	73	30
😀 Quality of life	81	43
🏙️ Population	1.87M	6.87M

The cost of living in Tainan is 15% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 6380th and 6863rd ($814 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Taiwan and Myanmar, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Tainan compared to 0.4 months in Yangon. Tainan ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 498th and 6707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tainan vs Yangon

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	Tainan	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.44	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.3	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$158	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$841
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.4	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.75%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3010	$1691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$9.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.82	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$7.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$1.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.08	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.13	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$2.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$78.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.7	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6108	$15505

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$650
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$778
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$633
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$660
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$678
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$576
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$595
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$710
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$941
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$753
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$661
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$656
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$781
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$752
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1163
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$543
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$685
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$604
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$351
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$625