Kaohsiung vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kaohsiung	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$999	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2645	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$382	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$672	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$413	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.9	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1411	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	80	90
😀 Quality of life	87	94
🏙️ Population	2.72M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 60% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5666th and 889th ($999 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Taiwan and Germany, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 364th and 38th 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	$3.78	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.6	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.07	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$404	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$745	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.1	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.43%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4856	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3306	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.8	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.47	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.42	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.48	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.53	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$450	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11481	$16629

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$910
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$841
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$910
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$889
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$879
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$888
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$957
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$709
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$937
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$882
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$796
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$903
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1108
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$630
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$723
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$997
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$668
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$602
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$465
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$656
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$464
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$589
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$698
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$654
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$673
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$634
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$682
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$943
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$705
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$416
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$765
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$763
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$621
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$610

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748