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Taiwan

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Israel

Netanya vs. Tainan Cost of Living Summary

Netanya is 2.5 times more expensive than Tainan.

Restaurants: pay 4.7 times more in Netanya
Groceries: pay 9.9% less in Netanya
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Netanya
Housing: pay 4.9 times more in Netanya
Childcare: pay 3.4 times more in Netanya
Entertainment and Sports: pay 95.9% more in Netanya
Clothing: pay 6.6% less in Netanya

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

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Netanya vs. Tainan Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 4.7 times more for restaurants

	Tainan	Netanya
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.77 NT$120.39	$22.79 ₪69.80	+504.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.71 NT$150.49	$19.53 ₪59.83	+314.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.92 NT$29.35	$3.01 ₪9.22	+227.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 NT$20.86	$2.28 ₪6.98	+249.2%
Average			+371.9%

Tainan vs. Netanya - Cost of restaurants

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pay 9.9% less for groceries

	Tainan	Netanya
Bread 1 loaf	$1.76 NT$56.41	$2.38 ₪7.28	+34.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.85 NT$314.68	$8.66 ₪26.54	-12.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.54 NT$368.90	$8.50 ₪26.05	-26.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.72 NT$87.00	$4.98 ₪15.26	+83.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.45 NT$142.21	$5.79 ₪17.74	+30.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.23 NT$71.26	$1.97 ₪6.03	-11.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.29 NT$41.09	$1.32 ₪4.04	+2.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.38 NT$44.23	$1.06 ₪3.26	-23.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.02 NT$64.54	$1.15 ₪3.52	-43.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.25 NT$39.84	$0.78 ₪2.40	-37.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.04 NT$33.27	$0.64 ₪1.95	-38.7%
Average			-9.9%

Tainan vs. Netanya - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Tainan	Netanya
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.93 NT$125.53	$9.80 ₪30.03	+149.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$33.74 NT$1,078.50	$71.61 ₪219.38	+112.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,523.97 NT$1M	$57,582.76 ₪176K	+71.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.87 NT$283.42	$12.50 ₪38.29	+41.0%
Average			+102.4%

Tainan vs. Netanya - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.9 times more for housing

	Tainan	Netanya
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.44 NT$685.39	$35.91 ₪110.01	+67.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$298.20 NT$9,530.89	$1,591.75 ₪4,876.23	+433.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$196.18 NT$6,270.32	$1,183.77 ₪3,626.43	+503.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$66.27 NT$2,118.10	$199.14 ₪610.04	+200.5%
Average			+385.4%

Tainan vs. Netanya - Cost of housing

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pay 3.4 times more for childcare

	Tainan	Netanya
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$431.61 NT$13,794.71	$1,150.14 ₪3,523.38	+166.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,493.16 NT$176K	$24,413.27 ₪74,788.83	+344.4%
Average			+244.1%

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pay 95.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Tainan	Netanya
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.83 NT$90.29	$10.58 ₪32.41	+274.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.24 NT$103.67	$4.60 ₪14.09	+41.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 NT$125.41	$13.37 ₪40.96	+240.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.98 NT$1,437.66	$79.75 ₪244.31	+77.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.73 NT$311.01	$13.02 ₪39.89	+33.8%
Average			+95.9%

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pay 6.6% less for clothing

	Tainan	Netanya
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.18 NT$2,019.38	$37.43 ₪114.68	-40.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.99 NT$1,277.99	$40.53 ₪124.15	+1.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$84.98 NT$2,715.95	$97.54 ₪298.82	+14.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$105.09 NT$3,358.66	$115.99 ₪355.33	+10.4%
Average			-6.6%

Tainan vs. Netanya - Cost of clothing

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