Denver vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	80
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	716K	2.73M

The cost of living in Denver is 184% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 463rd and 5750th ($2717 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th 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 Denver compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 158th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Kaohsiung

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	Denver	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$10905

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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