Kaohsiung vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	80	78
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	2.73M	689K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 62% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 5750th and 790th ($956 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 733rd in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 417th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Nashville

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	Kaohsiung	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494