Kaohsiung vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2619	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$339	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$747	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1088	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	81	91
😀 Quality of life	84	94
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.49M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 57% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5786th and 1315th ($932 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and Germany, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 320th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Munich

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	Kaohsiung	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.3	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.21%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4824	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2490	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.14	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.2	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.6	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.1	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$313	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12618	$18334

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599