Kaohsiung vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1105
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2690
🏠 One person rent	$361	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1278
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$37.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$613
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	80	1
😀 Quality of life	83	11
🏙️ Population	2.73M	74.7K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 13% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 5750th and 4807th ($956 vs $1105) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Comoros, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 417th and 9179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Moroni

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	Kaohsiung	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$5.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1061
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$64.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$98
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$2.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$13253

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794