Kaohsiung vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	80	60
😀 Quality of life	83	87
🏙️ Population	2.73M	246K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 47% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5750th and 2336th ($956 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1917th in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 417th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Louisville

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	Kaohsiung	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974