Kaohsiung vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kaohsiung	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$971	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2603	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1504	$4188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	99
😀 Quality of life	88	100
🏙️ Population	2.71M	5.45M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 66% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5770th and 370th ($971 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and Australia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Kaohsiung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 281st 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	$4.32	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.5	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.55%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4645	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3214	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.2	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.65	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.99	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$470	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13326	$25164

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$938
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$844
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$904
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$884
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$868
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$874
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$942
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$687
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$921
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$889
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$792
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$892
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1123
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$643
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$729
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$979
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$673
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$612
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$474
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$679
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$473
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$600
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$705
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$672
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$682
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$640
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$689
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$954
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$717
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$403
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$777
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$774
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$638
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$617

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863