Chennai vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$2650
🏠 One person rent	$159	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$1271
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	81
😀 Quality of life	66	83
🏙️ Population	6.6M	2.73M

The cost of living in Chennai is 54% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 8907th and 6046th ($433 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 4th in India and Taiwan, respectively. Check India vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 4094th and 389th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Kaohsiung

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	Chennai	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$93.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$21.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$4772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$2838
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$31.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$8.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$3.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$9.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$9.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$81.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$82
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$348
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$12438

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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