Kaohsiung vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$370	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$3556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	80	83
😀 Quality of life	85	93
🏙️ Population	2.73M	633K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 55% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5567th and 1455th ($1002 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Taiwan and Germany, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 461st and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Stuttgart

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	Kaohsiung	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763