Kaohsiung vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kaohsiung	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$971	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2603	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1504	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	99
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.1M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 61% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5770th and 964th ($971 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and France, respectively. Check Taiwan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Kaohsiung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 281st and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Paris

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	Kaohsiung	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.32	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.5	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.55%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4645	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3214	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.2	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.65	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.99	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$470	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13326	$19577

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$938
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$844
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$904
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$884
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$868
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$874
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$942
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$687
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$921
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$889
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$792
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$892
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1123
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$643
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$729
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$979
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$673
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$612
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$474
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$679
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$473
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$600
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$705
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$672
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$682
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$640
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$689
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$954
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$717
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$403
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$777
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$774
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$638
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$617

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506