Kaohsiung vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$361	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	54
😀 Quality of life	83	60
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.26M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 30% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5750th and 6742nd ($956 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 21st in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 417th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Kazan

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	Kaohsiung	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$4497

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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

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867