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Montenegro

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Taiwan

Tainan vs. Podgorica Cost of Living Summary

Tainan is 0.2% cheaper than Podgorica.

Restaurants: pay 47.5% less in Tainan
Groceries: pay 91.6% more in Tainan
Transportation: pay 2.0% less in Tainan
Housing: pay 44.1% less in Tainan
Childcare: pay 11.6% less in Tainan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 27.2% more in Tainan
Clothing: pay 15.2% less in Tainan

The cost of groceries and entertainment and sports in Tainan are more expensive than in Podgorica. Expenses including restaurants, housing, clothing, childcare, and transportation are lower in Tainan. Notably, groceries is significantly more expensive in Tainan.

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Tainan vs. Podgorica Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tainan instead of Podgorica, you would:

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pay 47.5% less for restaurants

	Podgorica	Tainan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.10 €9.72	$6.55 NT$210.48	-40.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.34 €8.19	$4.92 NT$157.86	-47.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.43 €2.13	$1.14 NT$36.76	-52.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.45 €1.27	$0.74 NT$23.65	-49.1%
Average			-47.5%

Podgorica vs. Tainan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 91.6% more for groceries

	Podgorica	Tainan
Bread 1 loaf	$1.06 €0.93	$1.87 NT$60.21	+77.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.45 €3.90	$9.47 NT$304.03	+112.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.00 €4.38	$11.91 NT$382.45	+138.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.23 €2.83	$2.64 NT$84.91	-18.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.83 €3.36	$4.42 NT$141.81	+15.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 €0.60	$1.90 NT$60.86	+177.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.79 €0.69	$1.27 NT$40.71	+60.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 €0.66	$1.37 NT$43.99	+81.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.13 €0.99	$1.92 NT$61.81	+69.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 €0.40	$1.29 NT$41.33	+185.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 €0.45	$1.07 NT$34.39	+109.3%
Average			+91.6%

Podgorica vs. Tainan - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0% less for transportation

	Podgorica	Tainan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.63 €5.81	$3.83 NT$123.01	-42.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$35.04 €30.69	$21.30 NT$684.05	-39.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,863.76 €23,532.71	$36,375.55 NT$1M	+35.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.77 €5.93	$9.34 NT$299.93	+37.9%
Average			-2.0%

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pay 44.1% less for housing

	Podgorica	Tainan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$32.83 €28.76	$22.12 NT$710.36	-32.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$654.56 €573.40	$316.78 NT$10,173.05	-51.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$501.37 €439.20	$190.07 NT$6,103.83	-62.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$88.66 €77.67	$62.05 NT$1,992.53	-30.0%
Average			-44.1%

Podgorica vs. Tainan - Cost of housing

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pay 11.6% less for childcare

	Podgorica	Tainan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$292.00 €255.79	$262.17 NT$8,419.07	-10.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,533.53 €6,599.39	$6,554.15 NT$210K	-13.0%
Average			-11.6%

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pay 27.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Podgorica	Tainan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.74 €2.40	$3.24 NT$104.19	+18.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.20 €1.93	$3.47 NT$111.38	+57.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.32 €3.79	$3.93 NT$126.29	-9.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$46.99 €41.16	$38.10 NT$1,223.57	-18.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.84 €5.12	$10.98 NT$352.55	+88.0%
Average			+27.2%

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pay 15.2% less for clothing

	Podgorica	Tainan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$86.70 €75.95	$66.48 NT$2,134.88	-23.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.72 €40.93	$29.49 NT$947.15	-36.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.63 €83.77	$88.45 NT$2,840.48	-7.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$108.04 €94.64	$115.72 NT$3,716.18	+7.1%
Average			-15.2%

Podgorica vs. Tainan - Cost of clothing

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