Kaohsiung vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$4749
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	80	82
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	2.73M	468K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 60% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 5750th and 972nd ($956 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 892nd 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 Raleigh. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 417th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Raleigh

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	Kaohsiung	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682