Kaohsiung vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	100
😀 Quality of life	83	100
🏙️ Population	2.73M	4.84M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 62% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5750th and 745th ($956 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Australia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 417th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Sydney

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	Kaohsiung	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683