Kaohsiung vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$809
🏠 One person rent	$370	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	80	47
😀 Quality of life	85	43
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.97M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 200% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5567th and 9121st ($1002 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 21st in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 461st and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Peshawar

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	Kaohsiung	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$2261

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684