Fort Worth vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fort Worth	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2217	$1002
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5435	$2658
🏠 One person rent	$1334	$370
🏘️ Family rent	$2328	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$420
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$80.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4189	$1313
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	80
😀 Quality of life	90	85
🏙️ Population	919K	2.73M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 121% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1434th and 5567th ($2217 vs $1002) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1234th and 5th 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 61st best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 213th and 461st 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	$15.7	$3.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$6.32	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1045	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2518	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$47.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69	$28.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	2.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2208	$4822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$14.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.8	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.84	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$8.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$7.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.5	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.71	$4.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.37	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$9.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.1	$71.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1925	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23437	$12260

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2140
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2144
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2145
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2136
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2133
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1856
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2139
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2108
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2140
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2184
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2135
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2133
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2133
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2162
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2183
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2131
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2038
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2190
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2185
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2200
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2199
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2447
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2199
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2287
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1937
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2222
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2246
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2216
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2315
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2268
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2369
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2250

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600