Adelaide vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2603
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$80
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1504
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	92	88
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.71M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 143% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1178th and 5770th ($2355 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 5th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Kaohsiung. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Kaohsiung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 75th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Kaohsiung

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	Adelaide	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$4.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$349
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$256
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$468
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$52.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$26.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	2.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$4645
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3214
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$7.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$6.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$92.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$13326

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$938
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$844
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$904
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$884
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$868
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$874
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$942
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$687
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$921
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$889
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$792
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$892
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1123
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$643
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$729
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$979
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$673
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$612
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$474
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$679
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$473
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$600
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$705
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$672
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$682
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$640
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$689
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$954
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$717
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$403
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$777
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$774
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$638
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$617