Belgrade vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$622	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	51	80
😀 Quality of life	71	83
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.73M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 21% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 4605th and 5750th ($1160 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Serbia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 2157th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Kaohsiung

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	Belgrade	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$10905

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601