Brisbane vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2650
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	81
😀 Quality of life	97	83
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.73M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 167% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 781st and 6046th ($2491 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 15th and 389th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Kaohsiung

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	Brisbane	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$93.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$21.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$4772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2838
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$31.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$8.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$3.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$9.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$81.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$82
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$348
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$12438

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643