Kaohsiung vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$2106
🏠 One person rent	$370	$453
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$45.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$280
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	46
😀 Quality of life	85	56
🏙️ Population	2.73M	2.96M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 19% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 5567th and 6476th ($1002 vs $844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.3 months in Tashkent. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 461st and 6210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Tashkent

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	Kaohsiung	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$33.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$591
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	22.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$9.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$9729

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$754
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$620
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$525
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$603
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$650
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$600
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$658
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$562
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$648
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$680
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$674
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$445
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$468
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$451
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$475
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$712
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$615
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$512
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$433
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$743
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$501
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$428
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$613
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$573
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$432
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$651
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$787