Kaohsiung vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$2831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	80	87
😀 Quality of life	83	90
🏙️ Population	2.73M	518K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 46% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 5750th and 2490th ($956 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 147th in Taiwan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 417th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Sheffield

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	Kaohsiung	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$9487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750