Kaohsiung vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kaohsiung	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$971	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2603	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1504	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	80	90
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 62% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5770th and 863rd ($971 vs $2525) 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 1.5 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Kaohsiung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 281st and 44th 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	$4.32	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.5	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.55%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4645	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3214	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.2	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.65	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.99	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$470	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13326	$17274

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$938
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$844
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$904
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$884
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$868
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$874
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$942
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$687
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$921
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$889
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$792
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$892
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1123
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$643
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$729
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$979
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$673
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$612
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$474
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$679
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$473
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$600
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$705
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$672
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$682
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$640
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$689
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$954
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$717
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$403
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$777
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$774
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$638
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$617

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714