Kaohsiung vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$361	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$3273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	59
😀 Quality of life	83	91
🏙️ Population	2.73M	526K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 43% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5750th and 2788th ($956 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 75th in Taiwan and Germany, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 417th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Nuremberg

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	Kaohsiung	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$13791

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557