Columbus vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	80
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	906K	2.73M

The cost of living in Columbus is 124% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1476th and 5750th ($2145 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 249th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Kaohsiung

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	Columbus	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$10905

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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