Brisbane vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$2603
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$80
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$1504
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	80
😀 Quality of life	97	88
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.71M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 139% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1241st and 5770th ($2323 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Kaohsiung. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Kaohsiung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 3rd and 281st 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	$15.8	$4.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$349
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$256
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$468
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$52.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$26.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	2.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$4645
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$3214
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$3.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$6.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$4.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$92.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$13326

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

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