Kaohsiung vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	80	90
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 57% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5750th and 1352nd ($956 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Germany, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 417th and 54th 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	$3.82	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560