Kaohsiung vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$3539
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	80	82
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	2.73M	577K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 53% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 5750th and 1702nd ($956 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1506th 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 1.7 months in Milwaukee. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 417th and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Milwaukee

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	Kaohsiung	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$24191

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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 Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378