Bristol vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	80
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	472K	2.73M

The cost of living in Bristol is 143% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1113th and 5750th ($2321 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 4th in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 236th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Kaohsiung

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	Bristol	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$10905

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2043
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1717
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1889
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1852
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$1940
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1818
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1623
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$1924
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1594
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1525
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1814
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1902
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$1950
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1984
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1569
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1704
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1691
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2312
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$1929
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$1991
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1653
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2494
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$1998
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2020
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2039
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1608
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$1988
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1868
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1693
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1686
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2264
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1679

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