Kaohsiung vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$361	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	80	71
😀 Quality of life	83	64
🏙️ Population	2.73M	2.95M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 13% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5750th and 6262nd ($956 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 417th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Kyiv

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	Kaohsiung	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$7184

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570