Kaohsiung vs Nanyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Nanyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1713
🏠 One person rent	$361	$249
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	83 km
🎓 Higher education	80	19
😀 Quality of life	83	38
🏙️ Population	2.73M	9.71M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 51% more expensive than in Nanyang. Cities ranked 5750th and 7346th ($956 vs $632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 147th in Taiwan and China, respectively. Check Taiwan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.2 months in Nanyang. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nanyang ranked 320th in China, while ranked 417th and 7198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Nanyang

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	Kaohsiung	Nanyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$41.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$236
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$363
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$60.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3166
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1817
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$3.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$2.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$6.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$4.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$344
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$12899

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Nanyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Dengzhou	$600
98 km or 61 mi	Wugang	$571
99 km or 62 mi	Zaoyang	$591
105 km or 66 mi	Laohekou	$582
108 km or 67 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
109 km or 68 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
110 km or 68 mi	Xiangyang	$604
134 km or 83 mi	Ruzhou	$538
140 km or 87 mi	Zhumadian	$637
145 km or 90 mi	Yicheng	$577
152 km or 95 mi	Luohe	$591
155 km or 96 mi	Yuzhou	$552
163 km or 101 mi	Suizhou	$621
165 km or 103 mi	Xuchang	$586
169 km or 105 mi	Shiyan	$576
169 km or 105 mi	Dengfeng	$529
174 km or 108 mi	Xinyang	$655
178 km or 110 mi	Changge	$547
185 km or 115 mi	Luoyang	$505
188 km or 117 mi	Xinmi	$528
191 km or 119 mi	Xinzheng	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Yanshi	$509
196 km or 122 mi	Guangshui	$619
199 km or 124 mi	Gongyi	$522
204 km or 126 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
208 km or 129 mi	Zhoukou	$580
214 km or 133 mi	Mengzhou	$505
214 km or 133 mi	Xingyang	$519
220 km or 137 mi	Jingmen	$588
221 km or 137 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
222 km or 138 mi	Anlu	$615
226 km or 140 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
226 km or 141 mi	Jingshan	$584
228 km or 142 mi	Lingbao	$559
232 km or 144 mi	Jiyuan	$520
233 km or 145 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
236 km or 146 mi	Qinyang	$504
249 km or 155 mi	Yingcheng	$600
251 km or 156 mi	Dangyang	$558
256 km or 159 mi	Jiaozuo	$479