Kaohsiung vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$361	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	80	72
😀 Quality of life	83	92
🏙️ Population	2.73M	620K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 37% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 5750th and 3353rd ($956 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 271st in Taiwan and Germany, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 417th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Leipzig

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	Kaohsiung	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307