Indianapolis vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	80
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	888K	2.73M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 129% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1378th and 5750th ($2189 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 191st and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Kaohsiung

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	Indianapolis	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$10905

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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