Taoyuan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Taoyuan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2477	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$324	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1084	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	8
😀 Quality of life	83	58
🏙️ Population	2.33M	24.7K

The cost of living in Taoyuan is 44% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6227th and 3466th ($868 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Taoyuan ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 388th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Taoyuan vs Victoria

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	Taoyuan	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.69	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.12	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$244	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$831	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.8	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.5	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.98%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7902	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4753	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.9	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.87	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.05	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.66	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.64	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.64	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.44	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$531	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$8081

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Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691

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