Kaohsiung vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2619	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$339	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$747	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1088	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	81	96
😀 Quality of life	84	73
🏙️ Population	2.73M	12.5M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 9% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5786th and 5167th ($932 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 320th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Moscow

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	Kaohsiung	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.3	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.21%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4824	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2490	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.14	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.2	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$313	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12618	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517