Kaohsiung vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$370	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	80	7
😀 Quality of life	85	66
🏙️ Population	2.73M	133K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 24% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 5567th and 4439th ($1002 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Taiwan and Maldives, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.7 months in Male. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 461st and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Male

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	Kaohsiung	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$3575

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327