Colorado Springs vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Colorado Springs	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2421	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5340	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1548	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2311	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4230	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	62	80
😀 Quality of life	84	83
🏙️ Population	479K	2.73M

The cost of living in Colorado Springs is 153% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 917th and 5750th ($2421 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 840th and 4th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Colorado Springs compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Colorado Springs ranked 104th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 387th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Colorado Springs vs Kaohsiung

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	Colorado Springs	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.9	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.35	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2318	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$83.3	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2384	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.6	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.05	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.76	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.3	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1681	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24682	$10905

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Cities near Colorado Springs

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 9 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
21 km or 13 mi	Fountain	$2373
57 km or 35 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
68 km or 42 mi	Pueblo	$2425
73 km or 45 mi	Parker	$2509
77 km or 48 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
82 km or 51 mi	Centennial	$2525
86 km or 53 mi	Littleton	$2315
89 km or 55 mi	Englewood	$2381
94 km or 59 mi	Aurora	$2674
97 km or 61 mi	Lakewood	$2495
99 km or 61 mi	Denver	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
108 km or 67 mi	Arvada	$2577
109 km or 68 mi	Commerce	$2432
110 km or 68 mi	Westminster	$2618
116 km or 72 mi	Northglenn	$2737
116 km or 72 mi	Thornton	$2784
121 km or 75 mi	Broomfield	$2958
124 km or 77 mi	Brighton	$2568
129 km or 80 mi	Lafayette	$2661
136 km or 84 mi	Boulder	$2624
148 km or 92 mi	Longmont	$2661
173 km or 107 mi	Greeley	$2001
173 km or 108 mi	Loveland	$2451
191 km or 119 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
254 km or 158 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
281 km or 174 mi	Laramie	$1892
283 km or 176 mi	Taos	$2396
327 km or 203 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
337 km or 210 mi	Espanola	$2211
347 km or 216 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
356 km or 221 mi	Garden	$1711
370 km or 230 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
380 km or 236 mi	Farmington	$2623
395 km or 245 mi	Liberal	$1706
426 km or 264 mi	North Platte	$1824
434 km or 270 mi	Dodge	$1768
436 km or 271 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
447 km or 278 mi	Albuquerque	$1985

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