Fort Worth vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$1264
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	80
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	919K	2.73M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 139% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1178th and 5750th ($2289 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd 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 Fort Worth compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 210th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Kaohsiung

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	Fort Worth	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$10905

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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