Kaohsiung vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$5023
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1218
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2227
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$605
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$97.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$4141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	80	75
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	2.73M	486K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 54% less expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 5750th and 1666th ($956 vs $2068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Omaha ranked 57th in the United States, while ranked 417th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Omaha

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	Kaohsiung	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$55.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$5.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$6.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$8.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$95.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$57.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$94.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$917
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$24732

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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 Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979