Canberra vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Canberra	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2393	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5235	$2650
🏠 One person rent	$1495	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2245	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3763	$1271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	81
😀 Quality of life	83	83
🏙️ Population	381K	2.73M

The cost of living in Canberra is 157% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 929th and 6046th ($2393 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Canberra compared to 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Canberra ranked 8th best city to live in Australia vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 393rd and 389th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Kaohsiung

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	Canberra	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.9	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.85	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.11	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.92	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1584	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2518	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1831	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$93.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$21.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7663	$4772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5992	$2838
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.32	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$31.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$8.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$3.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.1	$9.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.09	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.7	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.68	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.9	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$9.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$87	$81.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$82
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1893	$348
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15472	$12438

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1748
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1532
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1674
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1500
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1732
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2472
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1997
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2801
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2286
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1746
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1815
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1717
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1833
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1829
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1805
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1800
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1876
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1758
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1397
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2397
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1822
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1799
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1795
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1757
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1892
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1357
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1289
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1816
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1900
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1798
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2265
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1635

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