Kaohsiung vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$342	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	81	7
😀 Quality of life	83	61
🏙️ Population	2.73M	133K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 28% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6046th and 4342nd ($932 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Taiwan and Maldives, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.8 months in Male. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 389th and 5145th 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	$3.76	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$3225

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352