Kaohsiung vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$374
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2619	$1053
🏠 One person rent	$339	$123
🏘️ Family rent	$747	$316
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1088	$459
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	81	62
😀 Quality of life	84	55
🏙️ Population	2.73M	3.38M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 149% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 5786th and 9021st ($932 vs $374) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 68th in Taiwan and India, respectively. Check Taiwan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 320th and 5989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Lucknow

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	Kaohsiung	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$2.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$8.44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$73.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.3	$50.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$7.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.21%	9.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4824	$1474
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2490	$539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$5.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$25.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.14	$4.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$2.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.6	$30.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.1	$47.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$313	$80.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12618	$3600

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$913
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$952
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$725
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$791
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$857
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$890
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$995
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$746
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$860
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$917
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$863
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$851
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1011
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$676
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$721
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$860
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$675
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$588
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$664
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$716
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$738
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$694
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$799
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$667
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$678
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1083
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$744
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$487
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$891
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$787
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$837
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$655

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$301
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$471
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$329
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$342
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$363
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$306
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$433
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$435
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$361
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$337
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$352
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$296
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$345
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$362
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$408
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$423
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$458
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$390
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$484
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$284
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$522
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$321
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$335
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$355
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$379
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$455
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$371
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$291
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$374
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$255
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$316
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$343
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$337