Kaohsiung vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$342	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	81	43
😀 Quality of life	83	64
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 20% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6046th and 6525th ($932 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Taiwan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 389th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kaohsiung	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$6243

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595