Fort Worth vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fort Worth	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2219	$999
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5426	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$1306	$382
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$672
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$77.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4183	$1411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	81	80
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	919K	2.72M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 122% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1451st and 5666th ($2219 vs $999) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1204th and 3rd 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 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Fort Worth ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 163rd and 364th 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	$18.1	$3.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$31.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$2.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1389	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1024	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$745
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1874	$535
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$46.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.3	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	2.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2560	$4856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1869	$3306
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$12.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$3.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$7.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.87	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$4.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.9	$4.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.29	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.7	$69.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1828	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25647	$11481

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$910
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$841
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$910
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$889
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$879
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$888
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$957
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$709
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$937
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$882
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$796
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$903
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1108
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$630
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$723
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$997
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$668
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$602
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$465
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$656
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$464
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$589
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$698
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$654
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$673
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$634
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$682
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$943
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$705
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$416
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$765
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$763
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$621
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$610