Kaohsiung vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$361	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$973
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	80	56
😀 Quality of life	83	51
🏙️ Population	2.73M	39K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 4% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 5750th and 5524th ($956 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Taiwan and the Palestine, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 417th and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Ramallah

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	Kaohsiung	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511