Isfahan vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$211	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	80
😀 Quality of life	48	83
🏙️ Population	1.96M	2.73M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 45% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 8454th and 5750th ($523 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 4th in Iran and Taiwan, respectively. Check Iran vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 6375th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Kaohsiung

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	Isfahan	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$10905

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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