Kaohsiung vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$361	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$304
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$173
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$39.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	80	29
😀 Quality of life	83	21
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.87M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 144% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 5750th and 8975th ($956 vs $392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Multan ranked 15th in Pakistan, while ranked 417th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Multan

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	Kaohsiung	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$52.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	17.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$654
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$7.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$3.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$2.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$1778

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350