Kaohsiung vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1849
🏠 One person rent	$361	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$311
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	80	17
😀 Quality of life	83	18
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.16M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 37% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 5750th and 6885th ($956 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Taiwan and Myanmar, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.4 months in Naypyidaw. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Naypyidaw ranked 4th in Myanmar, while ranked 417th and 8943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Naypyidaw

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	Kaohsiung	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$169
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$44.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	8.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$4.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$65.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$75.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$8308

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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 Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$660
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$710
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$633
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$650
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$661
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$705
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$678
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$610
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$778
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$351
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$604
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$478
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$625
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$378
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$628
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$683
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$632
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$367
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$287
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1163
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$305
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$309
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$295
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$430
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$543
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$303
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$606
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$408
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$568